RN | Emergency Department | Nights

About the role

This Registered Nurse (RN) 2 job exists within a designated inpatient specialty area. The Registered Nurse (RN) 2 is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care for a group of population specific patients for the department/unit, from simple to complex, with multi‑system issues in a safe and therapeutic environment. The RN uses knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span, assesses data reflective of the patient's status and interprets information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age specific needs. The RN engages in caring relationships with patients, families, and significant others, works collaboratively with other health care workers, and uses sound judgments while performing nursing and medical interventions. The RN adheres to specialty standards and organizational standards, policies, procedures, guidelines and protocols. Reports to the Director and/or Nurse Manager. May participate in supervision of Licensed Nursing Assistants and unlicensed personnel.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care.
• Bases nursing actions by applying principles of purposeful, organized thinking to make clinical judgment/decisions.
• Gathers data through history taking and physical assessment and interprets data in order to plan and implement interventions to meet patient care needs.
• Develops, evaluates and revises patient's plan of care and nursing actions in response to patient's needs.
• Documents care provided and patient's progress toward attainment of desired outcomes.
• Directs and supervises others in the performance of delegated nursing activities.
• Teaches the patient and/or significant other(s) about the plan of care.
• Prepares patients to manage their care after discharge, transfer or preparation for procedure/test.
• Manages time and resources to deliver patient care.
• Administers medications to patients.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduated from an accredited School of Nursing; BSN preferred.
• Certification/Licensure: Registered Nurse license from the New Hampshire Board of Nursing; Basic Life Support (American Heart Association); refer to department‑specific certification policy for additional requirements.
• Experience: One year of prior clinical nursing experience; demonstrated ability to work effectively and positively with patients, care providers, and the multidisciplinary team; ability to function as a team member.
• Physical demands: Regularly lift/carry/push/pull up to 10 lb; frequently lift/carry/push/pull 10‑25 lb; occasionally lift/carry/push/pull 20‑50 lb. Regularly required fine motor skills, hearing, speaking, walking. Frequently required bending, reaching, sitting, squatting, standing. Occasionally required climbing, repetitive motion, kneeling, and smell. Vision requirements: color vision, depth perception, far, near, and peripheral vision. Frequent exposure to airborne and blood‑borne pathogens and bodily fluids; occasional exposure to airborne contaminants, chemotherapeutic agents, electrical shock, moving mechanical parts, non‑weather related heat/cold, slippery surfaces, and toxic/caustic chemicals. Noise level usually moderate.