ER Registered Nurse

About This Role

This position involves performing the primary functions of a Registered Nurse in assessing, planning, directing, and evaluating patient care within the Emergency Room setting, ensuring proficient, age-specific care.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prioritize, and provide proficient, age-specific and developmentally/specialty appropriate nursing care by applying advanced specialty clinical nursing knowledge and skills and for ensuring the comfort and safety of patients/families
• Proficiently and consistently complete accurate, concise and legible documentation on medical records
• Observe and record signs, symptoms and behaviors including the physiological status of patients
• Present proposed revision of interventions and desired outcomes
• Maintain patient's privacy and confidentiality of information and records at all times
• Follow physician’s orders in the delivery of nursing care
• Collect laboratory samples and perform lab testing in accordance with established policies and procedures, as well as COLA and CLIA regulations
• Adhere to required infection control, isolation procedures and aseptic techniques in the delivery of patient care
• Perform admission, discharge and transfer procedures
• Participate in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the nursing care given
• Perform all Quality Assessment activities assigned and document

Requirements

• Associate’s Degree
• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse without sanctions
• 2+ years full-time RN experience in ER or other comparable experience
• Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications from the American Heart Association
• Fluency in English; written and oral communication

Qualifications

• Associate’s Degree, required; BSN, preferred
• 2+ years full-time RN experience in ER or other comparable experience

Nice to Have

• BSN
• ENPC certification from ENA may be substituted for PALS certification
• TNCC preferred

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