RN Emergency Department - Network Float Pool

HonorHealth

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The RN Emergency Department - Network Float Pool position is a full-time, night shift role requiring at least 2 years of experience as an RN in an Emergency Department setting. This role involves floating to multiple hospitals within the network. HonorHealth, a nonprofit healthcare system in Arizona, emphasizes a culture of warmth and kindness, with a commitment to providing excellent care to the community.

Requirements

Minimum 2 years' experience as an RN in ED setting
Associates or Diploma in Nursing
1 year RN experience for all Float Positions
Basic Life Support (BLS) - Certification
Registered Nurse (RN) - License State And/or Compact State Licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Arizona Upon Hire

Nice To Haves

Bachelors in nursing (BSN) Preferred
National certification for unit specific patient population. Preferred
All Diploma and ADN hires must Complete a BSN within 60 months of hire OR have 5 or more years of Registered Nurse experience (including direct patient care or indirect RN roles) at the time of hire.

Responsibilities

Records patients' medical history and symptoms.
Helps perform diagnostic tests and analyze results.
Operates medical equipment.
Administers treatment and medications.
Assists with patient follow-up and rehabilitation.
Establishes or contributes to a patient care plan.
Administers medication, including checking dosages and avoiding interactions.
Starts, maintains, and discontinues intravenous (IV) lines.
Administers therapies and treatments.
Observes patients and records observations.
Consults with physicians and other healthcare clinicians.
Teaches patients and their families about managing illnesses or injuries, post-treatment and home care needs, diet, nutrition, exercise programs, and self-administration of medication and therapy.
Provides direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides regarding patient care and delegates when appropriate.
Supports efforts to advance clinical knowledge and skills.
Precepts new hire staff and students.
Assists staff and students in completing competency skills.
Enhances knowledge in the nursing management and care of patient problems and conditions.
Collects health data systematically and ongoing, prioritizing data collection based on the patient’s immediate condition or needs, and involving the family.
Analyzes assessment data to determine diagnoses and utilizes nursing diagnoses to develop, implement, evaluate, and revise an appropriate patient plan of care that is family-centered, developmentally and age-appropriate, and culturally relevant.
Identifies expected outcomes individualized to the patient and their specific health problems.
Develops plans of care that are individualized to the patient’s condition or needs, reflecting current nursing practice that is evidence-based, providing for continuity of care, and are family-centered.
Implements interventions in the plan of care.
Initiates treatments, medications, emergency and resuscitative measures based on appropriate utilization of standing orders, policies and procedures.
Provides nursing care to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social-cultural needs of the patient and family utilizing a family-centered approach to care delivery.
Evaluates the patient’s progress toward attainment of outcomes.
Documents observations, nursing interventions, therapeutic measures, multi-systems monitoring data, and other data relevant to the patient’s care in a retrievable form.
Provides ongoing evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of the care plan to ensure that they maintain and enhance patient outcomes that promote the delivery of cost-effective high-quality healthcare.
Evaluates one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and relevant statutes and regulations of the system and department policies and maintains current knowledge in nursing practice.
Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
Integrates ethical principles in all aspects of practice.
Enhances knowledge of culture and diversity needs for specific populations.
Collaborates with others in the practice of nursing professional development at the institutional, local, regional and state levels.
Interacts with and contributes to the professional development of peers and other health care providers through positive role-modeling, fostering peer relationships, and participating in preceptor and/or mentor programs thereby creating an environment for quality practice.
Collaborates with members of the multidisciplinary team in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care delivery.
Collaborates with the patient, family and other health care providers in providing patient care.
Develops and evaluates standards of care for patients that are evidence-based.
Identifies changes that should be made in nursing practice using an evidence-based approach and facilitating the initiation of, adoption of, and adaptation to change.
Participates in and uses evidence-based research to identify strategies for improving nursing practice, and patient outcomes.
Designs, creates, and applies research by supporting the integration of research into practice fostering the use of systematic evaluative research with regard to clinical, educational, and managerial data.
Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, and cost in planning and delivering patient care by utilizing all resources effectively and efficiently.