RN Emergency Services
About The Position
As a Registered Nurse, you will deliver compassionate, high-quality care that supports patients’ well-being and recovery. You will provide individualized, comprehensive care by making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and implementing patient care plans. You will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team in a fast-paced environment focused on patient outcomes. The role requires keen assessment skills, critical thinking, a patient-first mindset, urgency, and dedication to excellence. The nurse is responsible for developing the knowledge and skills needed for the practice setting; assessing and analyzing patient problems to determine standard, urgent, or emergent interventions; and implementing or modifying plans of care using assessment data, standards of care, and evidence-based practice. Care includes coordination, patient and family education, discharge planning, and interdisciplinary partnership. The nurse also protects patient autonomy, dignity, and rights; administers medications, IV therapy, and treatments according to policies and procedures; and evaluates progress toward desired outcomes. The position is at Flaget Memorial Hospital, a 52-bed facility in Bardstown, Kentucky. Flaget Memorial Hospital was founded in 1951 by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth and was recognized as a 2023 Best Place to Work in Kentucky. CHI Saint Joseph Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a nonprofit Catholic health system.
Requirements
- Associate of Science in Nursing upon hire.
- New-hire RNs must enroll in a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program within two years of hire and complete it within five years of hire.
- Registered Nurse license for Kentucky upon hire.
- Basic Life Support (CPR) within 14 days.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 90 days.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support within six months.
- Trauma Nurse Core Course within 12 months.
Nice To Haves
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program upon hire.
Responsibilities
- Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care in the identified practice setting.
- Assess patients and analyze problems and conditions using critical thinking to determine the need for standard, urgent, or emergent interventions.
- Implement or modify plans of care using assessment data, standards of care, and evidence-based practice.
- Coordinate nursing care, provide appropriate patient and family education, and support discharge planning.
- Facilitate interdisciplinary partnership in patient care.
- Integrate ethical provisions into nursing practice and protect patient autonomy, dignity, and rights.
- Administer medications, IV therapy, and treatments in compliance with policies and procedures.
- Evaluate progress toward desired patient outcomes.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
