Registered Nurse Emergency Room

HCA Healthcare•Houston, TX

About The Position

The Registered Nurse coordinates and delivers high-quality, patient-centered care in the emergency room, consistent with departmental requirements and the scope and standards of practice for the relevant state and specialty. Working with medical providers and other care-team members, the RN provides individualized, comprehensive, and compassionate care using established nursing models such as “Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage.” The RN advocates for patients, families, and caregivers and supports the organization’s mission, values, patient experience, clinical outcomes, and departmental performance. The role includes assessing and reassessing patient pain, performing provider-ordered procedures and monitoring, documenting care promptly and thoroughly, responding to patient requests, and anticipating and proactively addressing patient needs. The RN teaches patients, families, and caregivers about medical conditions, status, treatment plans, medications and possible side effects, follow-up measures, healthy lifestyle changes, and future self-management, translating complex medical terminology into understandable information.

Requirements

Registered Nurse (RN).
Associate degree.
One year of experience in an acute care setting is required.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 6 months of employment start date.
Trauma Nursing Core Course must be obtained within 1 year of employment start date.
Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course or Pediatric Advanced Life Support must be obtained within 6 months of employment start date.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and deliver high-quality, patient-centered care in accordance with departmental requirements and nursing practice standards.
Collaborate with medical providers and other care-team members to provide individualized, comprehensive, and compassionate care.
Advocate for patients, families, and caregivers.
Assess patient pain regularly and reassess after appropriate interventions to support effective pain management.
Perform procedures, monitoring, and other functions as ordered by medical providers.
Document care in the patient medical record in a timely and thorough manner.
Respond promptly to patient requests and anticipate and proactively address patient needs.
Teach patients, families, and caregivers about medical conditions, patient status, treatment plans, medications and possible side effects, and follow-up measures.
Explain complex medical terminology in a way patients and caregivers can understand.
Teach non-medicinal follow-up measures, including healthy diet and exercise, disease prevention, and lifestyle changes.
Prepare patients and families or caregivers for future self-management.

Benefits

Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine benefits.
Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
Paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
401(k) plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay, based on years of service.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Flexible spending accounts.
Tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
Fertility and family-building benefits and adoption assistance.
Life insurance and supplemental health protection plans.
Auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.