PRN Registered Nurse Days

Ally Medical Management•Bastrop, TX

13h

About The Position

Provides professional nursing care for patients in the emergency room. Triage patients and determine priority of care based on their medical complaints or current symptoms. Promote and restore patients' health by completing the nursing process in collaboration with physicians and multidisciplinary team members. The role includes direct patient care, assisting physicians with examinations and procedures, administering physician-ordered treatments and medications, documenting care, and reviewing discharge instructions. Employees are responsible for complying with privacy and security laws and company policies and procedures. They must protect sensitive company and patient data and access credentials, maintain confidentiality, promptly report suspected data or system compromises and other security concerns, adhere to information security policies and standard operating procedures, and attend annual Information Security Awareness Training.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Two years of registered nurse and/or emergency room nursing experience.
Current RN license within the state of practice.
CPR/BLS certification required.
ACLS certification required.
PALS certification required.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
Excellent time management skills.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Basic computer knowledge.
Ability to sit for prolonged periods while working at a desk and on a computer.
Ability to stand, bend, and reach for prolonged periods.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds at times.

Responsibilities

Evaluate patients' medical complaints or current symptoms and report findings to physicians.
Work directly with physicians, assisting with examinations, procedures, diagnostic testing, and treatments.
Perform physician-ordered IV initiation, infusion and therapy; blood draws; cardiac monitoring; pulse oximetry; oxygen application; nebulized treatments; wound cleaning and bandaging; splint application; and basic bedside care.
Recognize and effectively treat life-threatening conditions.
Perform head-to-toe assessments and reassessments for pediatric, adolescent, geriatric, and general patient populations.
Assist physicians with procedures, including laceration repair, procedures requiring moderate sedation, incision and drainage, cardiac arrest, intubation, chest tube insertion, and foreign body removal.
Assist with live births or spontaneous abortions involving a fetus and tissue; record time of death and birth; and assist the Administrator with reporting emergency-room deaths as needed.
Prepare and administer physician-ordered medications and record administration and related information in the patient's medical record.
Review discharge instructions with patients, take vital signs before discharge to ensure stability, and record results in the medical record.
Record patient care information concisely, accurately, completely, and promptly in the appropriate format, and submit it to the Front Desk Representative for entry in the patient medical record.
Protect company and patient data and access credentials; maintain confidentiality; report suspected compromises, security concerns, or relevant system failures promptly; follow information security policies and procedures; and attend annual security awareness training.