RN - Eamc Emergency Dept

East Alabama Hospital • Opelika, AL

2d

About The Position

The registered nurse in the Emergency Department is responsible for assessing, evaluating, and delegating the delivery of skilled patient care. Assessment and intervention are based on the patient's presenting chief complaint and acuity, using an approach specialized to emergency nursing.

Emergency Department nurses work in a stressful, fast-paced, time-constrained environment. They integrate evidence-based knowledge, make rapid assessments and critical decisions, and perform life-saving interventions while prioritizing and multitasking. Their work involves caring for a wide variety of patients across the age continuum and requires ongoing education, skill refinement, knowledge development, and risk recognition. The nurse interacts continuously with physicians, patients, family members, other care areas, and management, and is accountable to the ANA Code of Ethics and for improving patient care.

East Alabama Medical Center's mission is to provide high-quality, compassionate health care, guided by high standards for customer service, quality, and cost control.

Requirements

• Graduate of a school of nursing.
• Hold a Registered Nursing License.
• Obtain BLS within 90 days of hire or transfer.
• Obtain ACLS within 12 months of date of hire or transfer.
• Obtain PALS within 12 months of date of hire or transfer.
• Obtain NRP within 12 months of date of hire or transfer.
• Obtain NIHSS within 90 days of hire or transfer; EAH will assist with certification completion.

Nice To Haves

• Two years of critical care or emergency department nursing experience.
• ENPC certification.
• TNCC certification.

Responsibilities

• Assess, evaluate, and delegate the delivery of skilled patient care.
• Base assessment and intervention on the patient's presenting chief complaint and acuity.
• Integrate evidence-based knowledge and make rapid assessments and critical decisions.
• Perform life-saving interventions while prioritizing and multitasking.
• Provide care to a wide variety of patients across the age continuum.
• Maintain and refine skills, knowledge, and risk-recognition capabilities through ongoing learning.
• Interact with physicians, patients, family members, other care areas, and management.
• Follow the ANA Code of Ethics and remain accountable for improving patient care.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed