Registered Nurse - ER (Nights)

About the role

The Staff RN provides professional nursing skills utilizing the nursing process in the delivery of patient care. They serve as a patient advocate within the health care system and are responsible for performing patient care requiring specialized training and skill.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, provide, document and evaluate care
• Conducts an ongoing and systematic collection of data, guided by the application of knowledge of physiological and psychological principles and experience, and uses the data to establish a nursing diagnosis and predict outcomes
• Nursing Diagnosis and Outcome Identification: Coordinates and analyzes the assessment data in determining diagnoses and establishes patient goals based on nursing diagnosis
• Collaborates with the entire healthcare team to develop a plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes
• Delivers appropriate care to patients, at a competent level, according to the needs of the patient and population served
• Implements the interventions identified in the Plan of Care
• Evaluates the patient's progress toward attainment of outcomes
• Effectively communicates with physicians and other team members
• Provides patient/family teaching based on the needs of each patient and plans ways to meet those needs
• Administers and reconciles medications appropriately
• Adheres to infection prevention protocols
• Demonstrates an understanding of patient rights, including those pertaining to confidentiality, informed consent and privacy
• Demonstrates adaptability, problem-solving and professional behavior at all times
• Participates in a systemic, interdisciplinary, and ongoing evaluation of programs, process improvement, and desired client-centered outcomes
• Promotes individual professional growth and development by meeting requirements for mandatory/continuing education, competence validation; supports department-based goals which contributed to the success of the organization; serves as preceptor, mentor and resource to less experienced staff
• Participates in survey readiness activities and assures that department is compliant with all regulatory standards
• Maintains patient confidentiality and appropriate handling of PHI
• Maintains a safe work environment and reports safety concerns appropriately

Requirements

• Education: Graduate of a school of professional nursing required
• Experience: One year of Med/Surg experience preferred
• Licensure/Certification: Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Texas, or immediately eligible. Basic Life Support certification and Advanced Cardiac Life Support required prior to working first shift in Emergency Department. Pediatric Advanced Life Support (or ENPC) certifications required within 6 months of employment. TNCC required within 18 months of employment
• Physical Demands and Working Conditions: Frequent: standing, walking, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling & reaching; Occasional: sitting, bending, squatting, climbing, kneeling, & twisting; Visual and hearing acuity required; Color vision required for perceiving changes in patients' skin color and colors of medicines and solutions. Work is mostly inside, with good ventilation and comfortable temperature; Possible exposure to: toxic/caustic chemicals or detergents, moving mechanical parts, potential electric shock, radiant energy, communicable diseases, blood-borne pathogens