Acute Float Pool-RN-Emergency Care

Position Purpose

This position provides optimal patient care utilizing knowledge and skills within the context of evidence-based nursing practice and the theory of human caring. The RN is accountable for individualized patient care and outcomes over an entire episode of care.

Nature and Scope

• Provides optimal patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients and families.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, motor/sensor, psychosocial, and safety appropriate to the age of the patient served and meets standards of quality as measured by the unit/department special populations competency standards.
• When possible, the family or those significant to the family are considered as part of the assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation efforts of this position.
• Careers in the Acute Float Pool RN Emergency Care coordinate care between other professionals.
• Evidence-based nursing practice, along with critical thinking skills are required to provide optimally safe patient care when interacting with internal and external contacts and exercising judgment and making decisions.
• Professional nursing practice is congruent with the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics.
• The Acute Float Pool RN Emergency Care will float to the Acute Care hospitals within Renown Health in departments where competencies have been demonstrated.
• This position does provide patient care.

  Minimum Qualifications

  • Education: Must have working-level knowledge of the English language, including reading, writing, and speaking English.
  • Experience: One year of acute Emergency Room care experience preferred.
  • Licenses: Ability to obtain and maintain a State of Nevada Registered Nurse license.
  • Certifications: Ability to obtain and maintain a current BLS per The American Heart Association Standards required at time of hire; Ability to obtain and maintain a current ACLS per The American Heart Association Standards Required within 3 months of being hired or transferring to the department; Ability to obtain and maintain a current PALS per The American Heart Association Standards required within 3 months of being hired or transferring to the department; Ability to obtain and maintain a current ENPC per the Emergency Nurse's Association Required within 12 months of being hired or transferring to the department; Ability to obtain and maintain a current TNCC Required within 18 months of being hired or transferred to the department.
  • Computer / Typing: Must possess, or be able to obtain within 90 days, the computers skills necessary to complete online learning requirements for job-specific competencies, access online forms and policies, complete online benefits enrollment, etc.