Resource RN Emergency Services
About The Position
The Resource RN provides professional nursing services and quality patient care in accordance with regulatory requirements and the nursing scope of practice. The role collaborates in developing, implementing, and evaluating patient care plans, and directly engages in patient care by assessing, planning, coordinating, and delegating tasks to the patient care team. The RN educates patients, families, and staff, implements interventions to support optimal outcomes, and manages issues in a physician’s absence. The position requires accountability for quality of care, authority to direct care, and efficient use of resources, including comprehensive perioperative care for surgical patients. The RN assesses patients and interprets assessment data to determine care needs and constraints. The role maintains accurate documentation of observations, treatments, education, medications, care provided, and patient responses, integrating this information into the plan of care. In collaboration with patients and families, the RN evaluates, plans, directs, and administers care according to established standards, policies, and procedures while considering cultural, religious, psychosocial, physical, and age-related needs. The RN safely administers medications and appropriately delegates and supervises routine technical functions performed by licensed and non-licensed personnel. System-based and hospital-specific competencies must be completed.
Requirements
- Associate of Science in Nursing.
- At least one year of experience as an RN in an acute care facility, upon hire.
- Kentucky Registered Nurse license, upon hire.
- Basic Life Support (CPR) certification within 14 days.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification within 90 days.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification within six months.
- Trauma Nurse Core Course certification within 12 months.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
- At least one year of experience as an RN in an acute care facility, upon hire.
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program certification, upon hire.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients and interpret assessment data to determine care needs and constraints.
- Collaboratively develop, implement, and evaluate patient care plans.
- Assess, plan, coordinate, and delegate tasks to the patient care team.
- Provide direct patient care and implement interventions to support optimal outcomes.
- Educate patients, families, and staff.
- Manage issues in a physician’s absence.
- Direct care and use resources efficiently, including providing comprehensive perioperative care for surgical patients.
- Maintain accurate documentation of observations, treatments, teaching, medications, care provided, and patient responses, and integrate information into the plan of care.
- Evaluate, plan, direct, and administer patient care in collaboration with patients and families, following established standards, policies, and procedures and considering individual needs.
- Administer medications safely and accurately.
- Delegate and supervise routine technical functions performed by licensed and non-licensed personnel.
- Complete system-based and hospital-specific competencies.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
