RN - Emergency - Proctor

Carle Health•Peoria, IL

16h

About The Position

As a member of the interdisciplinary team, the Registered Nurse contributes professional nursing knowledge and skills to the provision and management of patient care through the nursing process. The role promotes evidence-based practice, assesses patients, develops and implements individualized care plans, evaluates progress, and modifies plans as patient conditions change. The nurse coordinates care with patients, families, and the healthcare team, advocates for patients, supports patient education, and works to ensure safe, high-quality care.

Requirements

College diploma in Nursing.
Licensed Registered Professional Nurse (RN) in Illinois.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association within 30 days.
Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) training within 1 year.
Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) certification within 1 year.
Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certification within 3 years.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification from the American Heart Association within 1 year.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification from the American Heart Association within 1 year.
Trauma Nurse Specialist (TNS) certification within 3 years.

Responsibilities

Promote evidence-based practice through the nursing process, protocols, and procedures.
Assess patients through interviews, observation, and physical assessment of problems and outcomes.
Develop individualized plans of care collaboratively with patients, families, and the healthcare team.
Use appropriate interventions to achieve expected patient outcomes.
Evaluate and document patient progress toward outcomes and goals throughout the shift.
Modify plans of care based on evaluations and changes in patient condition.
Complete required documentation, including patient charts and event reports.
Demonstrate accountability for personal practice by seeking resources and continuing professional development.
Demonstrate technical knowledge of equipment and troubleshoot problems.
Share clinical knowledge through informal teaching and respond to others’ learning needs.
Perform bedside laboratory testing and related quality control in accordance with provider orders and hospital procedures and policies.
Coordinate interdisciplinary patient care and use additional resources when necessary.
Analyze clinical situations systematically and obtain resources or address problems to meet patient needs and expected outcomes.
Manage assigned non-complex and some complex patients, with some turnover in assignment.
Identify and use team resources to address problems or needs.
Collaborate with the healthcare team to organize care from admission through discharge according to the care plan and expected outcomes.
Advocate for patients with physicians when necessary.
Consider cultural, age-specific, gender, and developmental factors when teaching patients about procedures, illness, and the hospital experience.
Promote patient safety by following policies and procedures and adhering to National Patient Safety Goals.
Consult appropriate hospital resources to provide specialized education and use the SVI patient education system as a resource for patients and families.
Participate in data collection, analysis, problem solving, process improvement, and patient satisfaction efforts.
Ensure care is consistent with standards of care, evidence-based practices, National Patient Safety Goals, core measures, and other unit or hospital quality initiatives.
Follow up promptly and efficiently on patient and family requests and needs, and anticipate those needs.
Encourage coworkers to achieve excellent customer satisfaction and use organizational service excellence standards.
Serve on unit-based councils.