RN - Emergency - Proctor

Carle Health•Peoria, IL

4d•$37 - $60

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 involves assessing patients, developing and adapting individualized plans of care, implementing interventions, evaluating and documenting progress, and coordinating care with patients, families, and the health care team. The nurse also supports patient safety, evidence-based practice, quality initiatives, patient education, and professional development.

Requirements

College diploma in Nursing.
Licensed Registered Professional Nurse (RN) through the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association, required within 30 days.
Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) training, required within 1 year.
Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) through the Emergency Nurses Association, required within 1 year.
Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) through the Emergency Nurses Association, required within 3 years.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) through the American Heart Association, required within 1 year.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) through the American Heart Association, required within 1 year.
Trauma Nurse Specialist (TNS) through the Illinois Department of Public Health, required within 3 years.

Responsibilities

Promote evidence-based practice through the nursing process, protocols, and procedures.
Assess patient status through interviews, observation, and physical assessment of actual problems and outcomes.
Develop individualized plans of care collaboratively with patients, families, and the health care team.
Use appropriate planned interventions to achieve expected patient outcomes.
Evaluate and document patient progress toward goals throughout the shift; modify the plan of care as needed based on evaluations and changes in condition.
Complete required documentation, including patient charts and event reports.
Demonstrate accountability for nursing practice by seeking resources and continuing professional development.
Demonstrate technical knowledge of equipment and troubleshoot problems.
Share clinical knowledge through informal teaching and by responding to others’ learning needs.
Perform bedside laboratory testing and associated quality control in accordance with provider orders and hospital procedures and policies.
Coordinate interdisciplinary patient care, collaborate with team members, and use additional resources when necessary.
Analyze clinical situations systematically and obtain resources or correct problems to meet patient needs and expected outcomes.
Manage assignments involving non-complex and some complex patients, with some turnover in assignment.
Use team resources to address identified problems or needs.
Collaborate with the health care team to organize care tasks and activities from admission through discharge according to the plan of care 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 hospital resources to provide specialized education and use the SVI patient education system 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.