Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

About the role

This position applies the nursing process in providing direct and indirect holistic care to patients and their families. The position also collaborates, in a collegial manner, with physicians and other health care team members in meeting the patient’s needs.

Responsibilities

• Performs initial and ongoing assessment of patient and family.
  • Completes initial assessment tool.
  • Documents ongoing assessment per unit/TriHealth guidelines.
  • Communicates assessment findings to other health care providers as appropriate.
  • Includes health counseling and health teaching needs in assessment.
  • Plans care for patient and family based on assessment, standards of care, and optimal specific outcomes.
  • Updates current plan of care as needed based on patient/family input and healthcare needs.
  • Develops both short- and long-term goals with patient/family and healthcare team including discharge planning.
  • Communicates plan of care to others.
• Maintains a safe, therapeutic environment, maintains patient’s autonomy, dignity, and rights, and is sensitive to patient diversity.
  • Sets up and maintains a safe, therapeutic environment.
  • Seeks resources to help formulate ethical decisions.
  • Balances priorities of the patient's needs and those of the unit/facility.
  • Recognizes emergency situations and takes appropriate action.
• Completes patient assignment including documentation within scheduled timeframe.
  • Bases interventions on clinical data and desired outcomes and documents accordingly.
• Trains/educates other staff and acts an expert resource in specialty area through abilities in existing and newer knowledge and skills.
  • Trains/educates other staff.
  • Affords opportunities for staff to learn new skills.
• Evaluates the plan of care for patient based on optimal specific patient outcomes.
  • Documents the patient/family response to care including teaching.
• Collaborates with the patient/family and with other members of the health care team, including physicians, to revise plan of care as needed.
  • Collaborates with the patient/family and with other members of the health care team, including physicians, to revise plan of care as needed.
• Safeguards the care that was delegated to other health care team members.
  • Supervises the care that was delegated to other health care team members.
• Administers medications/treatments and monitors their effects.
  • Uses all equipment in a safe, appropriate manner.
  • Safely administers medications/treatments and monitors their effects.
• Uses all equipment in a safe, appropriate manner.
  • Uses all equipment in a safe, appropriate manner.

Requirements

• Associate's Degree or Diploma in Nursing
• New hires required to obtain BSN within 5 years of hire.
• BLS/CPR (Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers)
• Registered Nurse Knowledge, judgment, and skills derived from the principles of biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences to meet complex health care needs a various stages of the life cycle
• Preferred Membership In Related Professional Organization
• RNs with more than 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time acute care experience

Qualifications

• Preferred certification in specialty
• Knowledge, judgment, and skills derived from the principles of biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences to meet complex health care needs a various stages of the life cycle
• Preferred Membership In Related Professional Organization
• RNs with more than 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time acute care experience

Skills

• Knowledge, judgment, and skills derived from the principles of biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences to meet complex health care needs a various stages of the life cycle
• Preferred Membership In Related Professional Organization
• RNs with more than 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time acute care experience

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD