Registered Nurse - Emergency south

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Utilizes the nursing process as the basis for nursing care.
• Provides patient care relative to operating room nursing practice.
• Performs nursing functions, applying professional skills; pre-operative; intra-operative; post-operative.
• Documents and maintains date on patient’s record.
• Maintains safe environment, equipment, supplies, asepsis.
• Applies basic teaching / learning concepts to patient education.
• Provides for life support.
• Acts as a patient advocate.
• Cooperates as a member of the nursing unit, department and overall hospital team.
• Participates in performance improvement.
• Delegates and / or supervises aspects of care to team members and reviews completion.
• Performs related work as required.
• Communicates pertinent data to appropriate parties.
• Maintains patient confidentiality.
• Counsels and teaches patients.
• Administers intravenous medications and / or parenteral nutrition.
• Administers blood products and evaluates patient response.

Education

• Associate's degree in nursing required.
• Bachelor's degree from accredited school of Nursing preferred.

Additional Experience Preferred

• One year of RN experience preferred.

Current Knowledge

• Emergency services.
• Medical equipment as it relates to patient care.

Current Certifications/Licenses

• Louisiana RN license required.
• CPR required.
• ACLS and PALS preferred.