RN Free Standing ER Lake Pleasant Days
About The Position
The Registered Nurse (RN) provides nursing care guided by the ANA Standards of Professional Nursing Practice and Code of Ethics. The RN assesses patients, develops or contributes to individualized care plans, implements and evaluates interventions, documents care, and collaborates with physicians and other healthcare professionals. Care is tailored to patients’ physical, emotional, spiritual, social-cultural, developmental, and family needs. The RN also educates patients and families about illness or injury management, post-treatment and home care, nutrition, exercise, and medications or therapies. This role is based at Complete Care – Lake Pleasant, a free-standing emergency room in Peoria, Arizona, and works a day shift from 0700 to 1930. Prior ER RN experience is preferred for free-standing ERs. The RN may direct and delegate to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides, precept new hires and students, and support staff competency development. The RN contributes to professional development, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and safe, effective, cost-conscious patient care.
Requirements
- Associate degree or diploma in nursing.
- Current Arizona nursing license or compact-state licensure upon hire; Arizona licensure must be obtained within 60 days of hire.
- BLS certification (Certification in BLS training course C) upon hire; unit-specific certification as required by specialty area.
- More than 10 months of med-surg or acute specialty setting experience.
- All diploma and ADN hires must complete a BSN within 60 months of hire or have at least 5 years of Registered Nurse experience, including direct patient care or indirect RN roles, at the time of hire.
- One year of RN experience is required for all float positions.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
- Prior ER RN experience for free-standing ERs.
- National certification for the unit-specific patient population.
Responsibilities
- Collect and prioritize ongoing patient health data, involving the family as appropriate.
- Analyze assessment data and use nursing diagnoses to develop, implement, evaluate, and revise individualized plans of care.
- Identify patient-specific expected outcomes and develop evidence-based, developmentally appropriate, culturally relevant, family-centered plans that support continuity of care.
- Implement care-plan interventions, including treatments, medications, and emergency or resuscitative measures under applicable standing orders, policies, and procedures.
- Provide nursing care addressing patients’ and families’ physical, emotional, spiritual, and social-cultural needs.
- Evaluate patient progress toward expected outcomes and the quality and effectiveness of care plans.
- Document observations, interventions, therapeutic measures, monitoring data, and other information relevant to patient care.
- Administer medications safely, including checking dosages and avoiding interactions; start, maintain, and discontinue IV lines for fluids, medications, blood, and blood products; and administer therapies and treatments.
- Consult and collaborate with physicians, other healthcare clinicians, patients, families, and multidisciplinary team members in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care.
- Teach patients and families about managing illnesses or injuries, post-treatment and home care, diet, nutrition, exercise, and self-administration of medication and therapy.
- Provide direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides and delegate appropriately.
- Precept new hires and students, support competency development, and contribute to the professional development of peers and other healthcare providers.
- Evaluate personal nursing practice against professional standards, statutes, regulations, and department and system policies; maintain current nursing knowledge.
- Integrate ethical principles into practice and enhance knowledge of culture and diversity needs.
- Develop and evaluate evidence-based standards of care and identify and facilitate evidence-based changes to nursing practice.
- Participate in and use research to identify strategies that improve nursing practice and patient outcomes; support integration of research into practice.
- Consider safety, effectiveness, and cost when planning and delivering care, and use resources effectively and efficiently.
Benefits
- Sign-on bonus of up to $15,000 for eligible candidates.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
