Registered Nurse - Emergency

Job Summary:

The Registered Nurse assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care, utilizing the nursing process in accordance with hospital standards and unit policies/procedures for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating patient functional status.


Job Responsibilities:

-Utilizes the nursing process in caring for assigned patients.


-Completes assessment and individualizes plan of care within established unit/nursing guidelines.


-Carries out nursing care with consideration for cultural and psychosocial factors and ages of individual patients.


-Organizes, prioritizes, and performs nursing skills appropriate for the patient population.


-Anticipates patient/unit needs.


-Demonstrates sound knowledge base: Bio-psychosocial.


-Delegates and communicates effectively and appropriately.


-Demonstrates professional judgment in response to changing patient/unit situations.


-Documents steps of the nursing process/care on the appropriate record.


-Records data concisely, consistently, accurately, and legibly.


-Utilizes correct medical terminology abbreviations.


-Addresses problems and progress toward outcomes according to unit/nursing policy.


-Facilitates patient teaching discharge.


-Makes timely, appropriate referrals.


-Utilizes resources in planning and presenting patient education, considering patient age and cultural/psychosocial factors.


-Collaborates with other disciplines as appropriate.


-Supports unit/hospital goals through PI and educational activities.


-Attends mandatory in-services and meets unit education standards.


-Accurately completes variance reports.


-Decision Making: Independent judgment in planning the sequence of operations and making minor decisions in a complex technical or professional field.


-Working Relationship: Works directly with patients and/or customers.


-Works with internal/external customers.


-Works with other healthcare professionals and staff.


Required Skills & Experience:

-Zero (0) - six (6) months of related experience.


-Epic experience.


-Working knowledge of disease state management processes, bio-psychosocial model, and clinical pathways.


-Effective interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills Ability to organize and prioritize work in an effective and efficient manner.


-Ability to be detail oriented as required in the examination of clinical and numerical data.


Preferred Skills & Experience:

-N/A


Required Education:

-Completion of basic professional curriculum of a school of nursing as approved and verified by a state board of nursing and holds or is entitled to hold a diploma or degree therefrom.


Preferred Education:

-N/A

Required Certification & Licensure:

-Valid multi-state or State of Oklahoma Registered Nurse License.


-BLS, ACLS & PALS, NIHSS.


Preferred Certification & Licensure:

-N/A

Shift: ['2+ years of experience', 'Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)', 'BLS certified through AHA', 'NIHSS', 'Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)']


Start: ['ENPC', 'TNCC']