Registered Nurse - Emergency Department - F/T Evenings

About the role

As a Registered Nurse at Hackensack Meridian Health, you will function as a caregiver for a specific patient population to achieve desired outcomes. This role focuses on expanding knowledge and skills, providing effective direct care as part of the interdisciplinary team for a variety of complex patients. You will direct and oversee care provided by other caregivers through delegation, validation, evaluation, and coordination, while effectively coordinating patient care and unit activities among nursing peers, physicians, and support services.

Responsibilities

A day in the life of a Registered Nurse includes:

• Assessment, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
  • Assessment
    • Collect comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or situation.
    • Perform age- and disease-specific assessment/data collection independently in a systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychological, and cognitive status.
    • Recognize clinical and diagnostic status changes in patient conditions.
    • Identify variables in patient/family education needs based on age, disease, and culturally specific learning differences.
  • Plan
    • Develop a plan of care that prescribes strategies and interventions to attain expected outcomes.
    • Formulate age- and disease-specific, patient/family-centered goals/outcomes based on assessment data.
    • Develop and coordinate a plan of care that is patient/family-focused, prioritized, and encompasses the continuum of care.
  • Implementation
    • Communicate, coordinate, and implement the plan of care.
    • Provide ongoing communication with the patient/family, nursing colleagues, and other members of the healthcare team regarding the patient's status, rendered care, and treatment plans.
    • Implement age- and disease-specific care in an organized and timely manner.
    • Provide or coordinate patient/family education as needed and ensure understanding.
    • Perform according to established protocols in clinical situations, including communicating with appropriate persons and documenting events.
    • Provide nursing care and treatments that reflect patients' needs, advocate appropriately, and demonstrate evidence-based nursing practice and compliance with standards.
    • Perform continuous Point-of-Care electronic documentation of each patient's assessments, plan-of-care, interventions, and evaluation of rendered care.
    • Administer medication utilizing the newest advancements in bar-scanning and documentation technologies to ensure the safest delivery of medications.
    • Facilitate multi-disciplinary discharge of patients to ensure safe transitioning and continuum of care.
  • Evaluation
    • Evaluate progress toward attainment of outcomes.
    • Utilize critical thinking skills based on nursing knowledge to achieve desired patient outcomes.
    • Initiate interventions related to the patient's change in condition and unexpected response to care.
• Additional Responsibilities
  • Identify ethical issues in the practice setting and bring them to the attention of other team members.
  • Recognize and respond to opportunities to enhance patient satisfaction.
  • Acquire and maintain competencies, certifications, and continuing education to meet facility accreditation or individual licensing requirements.
  • Adhere to the American Nurses Association Code for Nurses with Interpretive Statements.
  • Lift a minimum of 35 lbs., push and pull a minimum of 10 lbs., and stand a minimum of 6 hours a day.
  • Adhere to HMH's Organizational and Managerial competencies and standards of behavior.
  • Perform other duties and/or projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Current and valid New Jersey Nursing license is required.
• Active American Heart Association (AHA) BLS/CPR certification is required.
• BSN preferred and/or willingness to acquire within three (3) years of hire.
• ACLS preferred.
• PALS preferred.
• Six (6) or more months of relevant nursing experience OR active participation in Hackensack Meridian Health's Nurse Residency Program.
• One year or more of acute care nursing experience strongly preferred.
• Emergency department experience preferred.

Skills

• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient needs.
• Strong sense of accountability for improving the lives of patients and their caregivers.
• Exceptional focus on teamwork.
• Dedication to ongoing education.
• Ability and passion to deliver the highest quality of care based on a strong sense of patient focus.