RN, Staff Nurse - Baroness Hospital - Emergency Department - Full-time
About the role
A registered professional nurse employed by Erlanger Medical Center is responsible for direct and/or indirect care of the patient.
Responsibilities
The Emergency Nurse is responsible for providing age specific care through the assessment, nursing diagnosis, and treatment of perceived, actual or potential, sudden or urgent, physical or psychosocial problems that are primarily episodic or acute.
Resolution may require minimal care or life-support measures, patient and family education, appropriate referral, and knowledge of legal implications.
The emergency nurse must interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his or her population-specific needs and to provide the care needed as described in the unit's policies and procedures.
Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing
- Knowledge of general nursing principles and practice skills
- Knowledge of organizational functions, policies and regulations
- Knowledge of current trends and new developments
- Knowledge of principles and practices of nursing, applicable to those areas requiring special education
- Greater than 2 years nursing experience
Qualifications
- Current licensure to practice nursing in the State of Tennessee
- BLS and ACLS completed prior to going to the unit/department and maintained going forward
- PALS or ENPC (Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course)
Preferred: TNCC, or comparable certification within 1 year, CEN, and one year emergency nursing experience.
Tennessee licensure or multistate licensure from a compact state must be obtained within three months of hire for non-Tennessee residents.
Skills
De-escalation training is preferred.