Registered Nurse - ER

Registered Nurse ER

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Responsibilities

• Must understand triage to make quick and accurate assessments about incoming Emergency Department patients, including physical, infectious and mental health conditions.
• Proficient with Emergency Severity Index.
• Obtains patient history and pertinent family history.
• Check for any allergies and current medications.
• Obtain height, weight, body temperature, heart rate and blood pressure.
• Establish, monitor, and recognize cardiac rhythms.
• Take blood samples, cleaning and bandaging wounds, administer medications and intra-venous therapies.
• Possess knowledge of Infection Control practices and utilizing appropriate practices as needed.
• Document plan of care and care given in the patient's medical record.
• Verify transcription of physician's orders.
• Carry out prescribed Physician's orders and documents inpatient medical records.
• Communicate pertinent patient data to the Charge Nurse and/or Physician as appropriate.
• Re-assess patient's condition and revises plans-of-care based on problems that the Nurse identifies.
• Possess knowledge of actions and usual dosages of the most commonly used emergency drugs and their location on the crash cart.
• Assess and document patient responses to medications that have been administered.
• Instructs patients and their families regarding prescribed medications/therapies and surgical/diagnostic procedures that must be accomplished.
• Operates defibrillator, EKG machines and cardiac monitors, and other technical emergency equipment.
• Care for patients with Swan-Gans catheters, arterial lines, and mechanical ventilators.
• Participate in discharge planning.
• Can titrate medications.

Qualifications

• Must be a graduate from a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate state-accredited agency and accredited by either the ACEN or CCNE.
• Must have a current license in at least one state, territory, or commonwealth in the U.S. or the district of Columbia.
• Must have current certification in CPR by an American Health Association Vendor.
• Must have ACLS certification.

KurzSolutions is committed to improving health outcomes by providing well-managed companies with the top healthcare talent in the market. KurzSolutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.