Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency

Prime Healthcare•Chino, CA

About The Position

The Registered Nurse is responsible for delivering safe patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, and provides direct care within the scope of practice. The RN directs and guides patient and family teaching and the activities of other nursing personnel while maintaining professional nursing standards. In the Emergency Department, the RN is directly accountable for the care of assigned patients, communicates changes in clinical condition and diagnostic results to physicians, and responds promptly and accurately to changes in patients’ conditions or responses to treatment. The RN must be knowledgeable about EMTALA regulations and reporting child or adult abuse to appropriate agencies and the Hospital Social Worker, and must maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.

Requirements

Current and valid state RN license.
Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain current.
Current ACLS certificate within 30 days of hire and maintain current.
Current PALS certificate and/or ENPC within 30 days of hire and maintain current.
Basic Arrhythmia Interpretation within 30 days of hire.
Minimum of one year of experience as a staff nurse RN in an acute care hospital setting.
For Paramedic Base Station EDs: MICN within 12 months of hire and maintain current.
For EDAP-certified facilities: Complete emergency pediatric courses 1 and 2 within 6 months of hire.
For non-OB facilities: NRP certificate within 90 days of hire and maintain current.
Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC) within 12 months of hire.

Nice To Haves

Emergency department experience preferred.
Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) preferred.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Responsibilities

Deliver safe patient care using the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Provide direct patient care within the scope of practice.
Direct and guide patient and family teaching and the activities of other nursing personnel.
Maintain standards of professional nursing care.
Remain directly responsible and accountable for assigned patients in the Emergency Department.
Communicate patients’ clinical changes, diagnostic study results, and symptoms to physicians.
Respond quickly and accurately to changes in patient condition or response to treatment.
Follow EMTALA requirements and report child or adult abuse to appropriate agencies and the Hospital Social Worker.
Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.