Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Services

Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center•Garden Grove, CA

8d•$54 - $67

About The Position

The Registered Nurse is responsible for delivering safe patient care using the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, and provides direct patient care within the scope of practice. The nurse 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 the care provided to assigned patients. The nurse communicates changes in patients’ clinical conditions, diagnostic results, and symptoms to physicians; responds quickly and accurately to changes in condition or treatment response; follows EMTALA requirements and reporting procedures for child or adult abuse; and maintains patient privacy and confidentiality.

Requirements

Current and valid state RN license.
Current BLS (AHA) certificate upon hire and maintain current.
Current ACLS (AHA) certificate within 30 days of hire and maintain current.
Current PALS (AHA) certificate and/or ENPC within 30 days of hire and maintain current.
Minimum of one year of experience as a staff RN in an acute care hospital setting.
Behavioral Violence Prevention (BVP) certificate within six months of hire and maintain current annually.
For Paramedic Base Station ED facilities: MICN within 12 months of hire and maintain current.
For EDAP-certified facilities: complete emergency pediatric courses 1 and 2 within six months of hire.
For non-OB facilities: NRP (AHA) certificate within 90 days of hire and maintain current.
Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNNC) 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 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 care given to assigned Emergency Department patients.
Communicate changes in patients’ clinical conditions, diagnostic study results, and symptoms to physicians.
Respond quickly and accurately to changes in patients’ conditions and responses to treatment.
Follow EMTALA regulations and report child or adult abuse to appropriate agencies and the Hospital Social Worker.
Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.