RN - Helen Keller - Emergency Room - Full Time - Shift 1
About The Position
The RN provides professional nursing care to patients receiving Emergency Services while maintaining established standards of care, policies, objectives, and goals. The role involves assessing patients, implementing department protocols and nursing interventions, and performing ongoing assessments. The RN also implements life support procedures during emergencies and actively facilitates patient flow. The RN promotes cost consciousness by directing patients to the discharge area for collections and using supplies wisely. The role includes treating patients, families, coworkers, and physicians in a customer-friendly manner; keeping patients and families informed; providing comfort measures; maintaining a clean work environment; and making follow-up calls as assigned. The RN maintains accurate records and legibly documents and reports patient care and charges, including triage, bed-placement, and discharge times. The RN documents and discharges patients, providing appropriate teaching and referrals, and maintains up-to-date knowledge of emergency nursing procedures, equipment, medications, nursing trends and practices, and legal aspects of emergency nursing.
Requirements
- Current Alabama RN license or current RN multi-state license.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment that requires frequently and quickly prioritizing and changing tasks.
- Knowledge of equipment and materials required for procedures described in the Emergency Care Center Policy/Procedure Manual and Nursing Service Procedure Manual.
- BCLS, ACLS, PALS, and department-specific competencies must be maintained.
- BLS must be obtained within 90 days of employment.
- ACLS and PALS must be obtained within the first year of employment.
Nice To Haves
- Prior critical care or emergency room experience is preferred.
- TNCC is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients, implement department protocols and appropriate nursing interventions, and perform ongoing assessments.
- Implement life support procedures in emergency situations.
- Actively facilitate patient flow in the department.
- Promote cost consciousness by directing patients to the discharge area for collections and using supplies wisely.
- Treat patients, families, coworkers, and physicians in a customer-friendly manner; provide information and comfort measures; maintain a clean work environment; and make follow-up calls as assigned.
- Maintain accurate records and legibly document and report patient care, charges, and triage, bed-placement, and discharge times.
- Document and discharge patients, providing appropriate teaching information and referrals.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of emergency nursing procedures and equipment, medications administered in the department, nursing trends and practices, and legal aspects of emergency nursing.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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