Registered Nurse | Emergency Room | PRN

Responsibilities

• Plan, direct, organize, coordinate, and implement all nursing care services for emergency department patients.
• Ensure the highest quality and safe delivery of patient care and maintain compliance with professional nursing TJC and all Federal and State standards of care.
• Care for all ages, from newborns to mature adults.
• Perform direct patient care within the scope of the RN practice act and according to hospital policies and procedures.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skill level necessary to assess patient's psychosocial, educational, and physical needs, as well as the ability to address these needs in an age-appropriate manner in the pediatric, adolescent, adult, and/or geriatric patient population.
• Responds quickly and appropriately to emergencies.
• Develops and prioritizes a plan of care to attain measurable goals.
• Identifies educational needs, implements and evaluates learning, and documents patient/family education.
• Manages acute and chronic pain in all patients but especially post-procedure or surgical patients, to assist in alleviating suffering and improving healing.
• Delivers medication based upon continual assessment, safety, and evaluation of patient response.
• Responds to patients presenting to the hospital with healthcare needs and performs triage, following policies and procedures for follow-up.
• Follows all documentation policies.
• Utilizes MediTech system for registering a patient as needed, entering orders, discharging patients, and ability to print lab reports.
• Able to support moderate sedation as needed.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited RN School of Nursing.
• At least three years experience as an RN in an Emergency Room setting.
• RN, current in the State of Texas.
• BLS, ACLS and PALS or ENPC required within 90 of employment.
• Able to make decisions based on nursing judgment.
• Able to prioritize and organize workload to meet the needs of patients and the unit.
• Strong communication skills, verbal and written.