Registered Nurse RN - Emergency Department

Prime Healthcare•Evanston, IL

About The Position

The Registered Nurse is responsible for safe patient care using the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The nurse provides direct patient care within the scope of practice and directs and guides patient and family teaching and the activities of other nursing personnel while maintaining professional nursing care standards. In the Emergency Department, the nurse is directly responsible and accountable for patient care, communicates changes in clinical condition and diagnostic results to physicians, and responds quickly and accurately to changes in a patient's condition or response to treatment. The role requires knowledge of EMTALA regulations and reporting child or adult abuse to appropriate agencies and the Hospital Social Worker, as well as maintaining patient privacy and confidentiality.

Requirements

Current and valid state RN license.
Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintained current.
Current ALS certificate within 30 days of hire and maintained current.
Current PALS certificate and/or ENPC within 60 days of hire and maintained current.
At facilities requiring it, obtain and maintain a current ECRN or MICN certificate within 12 months of hire.
At EDAP-certified facilities, complete required annual education.
At non-OB facilities, obtain and maintain a current NRP certificate within 90 days of hire.
At trauma-designated facilities, obtain and maintain TNCC within 12 months of hire.

Nice To Haves

Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) certification.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
TNCC at non-trauma facilities.

Responsibilities

Deliver safe patient care through 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.
Take direct responsibility and accountability for care provided to Emergency Department patients.
Communicate changes in patients’ clinical conditions, diagnostic study results, and symptoms to physicians.
Respond quickly and accurately to changes in a patient’s condition or response to treatment.
Follow EMTALA regulations and report child or adult abuse to appropriate agencies and the Hospital Social Worker.
Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.