Registered Nurse, Emergency Department, PRN (Days & Nights)

General Summary

To act as patient advocate, providing continuity of care designed to meet individual patient needs through collaboration with other members of the healthcare team and supporting the philosophy, objectives, and goals of the facility.

Requirements

• Licensure as registered nurse in Texas.
• Minimum of five years’ work experience as an Emergency Room nurse.
• ACLS, BLS and PALS – current at time of hire.

Essential Functions

• Performs assessment/data collection in an ongoing and systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychological, and cognitive status.
• Formulates a goal directed plan of acre, which is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.
• Implements care in a knowledgeable, skilled consistent manner in reaching the desired patient outcomes through nursing processes.
• Establish priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs and available center resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.
• Performs efficiently in emergency patient situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.
• Demonstrates applied knowledge base in areas of medical/surgical patient care, pain assessment and actions of pharmaceuticals and anesthetic agents, laboratory values, safety and legal issues and all emergency equipment.
• P Practices effective problem identification and resolution skills as a method of sound decision making.
• Performs documentation duties on the floor and in the patient record, which is timely, accurate and concise.
• Works as part of a team in delivering patient care.
• Maintains CPR/ACLS/PALS certification.
• Attends all mandatory in services and participates in staff meetings.
• Remains flexible, adaptive, and able to accept and implement new ideas and approaches.
• Treats all patients equally adopting the center’s Patient Rights policy.
• Reviews and carries out physician orders in an appropriate professional manner.
• Willingness to assist with other duties when asked.

Physical Demands

• Frequently required to sit, converse, and listen;
• Use hands to touch, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls;
• To reach with hands and arms.

Specific Vision Abilities

• Close vision;
• The ability to adjust focus;

Physical Capabilities

• Lift and/or carry over 20 pounds on a regular basis;
• Push/pull over 25 pounds on a regular basis;
• Stand and/or walk at least five hours per day.