Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Room and/or Medical Unit (PRN)

Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Room and/or Medical Unit (PRN)

Provides nursing care to emergency room patients and outpatients in a safe and professional manner, utilizing established policies and procedures, physician orders, protocols, standards of care, ACLS, PALS and TNCC.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Adherence to hospital and departmental policies and procedures
• Promotes the mission of Crawford County Memorial Hospital
• Provides quality care
• Demonstrates values and behaviors according to Values Statement
• Provides care to all emergency patients and outpatients including administering medications, IV's and treatments
• Documents care provided and patient's response to care
• Assesses and provides patient and family teaching as needs arise
• Collaborates with other members of the healthcare team/other departments
• Assists and participates in QAPI activities
• Recognizes self-learning needs and is accountable for maximizing professional growth and development and optimal emergency nursing practice
• Ensures that supplies and equipment are readily available and in working order. Orders and restocks supplies as needed
• Completes charge sheets on patients and ensures that charges are accurate and reflect the care that the patient received
• Adheres to safety and confidentiality policies
• Supports customer service
• Assists in other departments as needed
• Schedules outpatient procedures, which may include setting up time with patient, ensuring adequate diagnosis and orders are on order sheet and ensuring labs are completed when required
• Acts as resource person/supervisor for activities/patient care performed by EMS staff working in the Emergency Department
• Triages each patient and determines priority of care based on assessment and analyzes the factors influencing patient flow through the emergency care system
• Performs accurate initial and ongoing assessments of patients

Required knowledge, skills, and abilities include:

• Nursing assessment and documentation skills
• Keeps calm attitude during stressful situations
• Displays flexibility, innovation, and adaptation to change in order to best serve patient's needs
• Interpersonal relationship skills
• Skills in problem-solving
• Ability to assess situations and prioritize

Education/certification requirements include:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with current licensure as an RN in the State of Iowa or a compact state
• BLS - within one month of employment in the Emergency Room
• ACLS
• TNCC within one year of employment in the Emergency Room
• PALS
• Prefer NRP