RN - ER

Registered Nurse

Profession: Nursing Specialty: Emergency Department Duration: 13 weeks Shift: Second Shift Hours per Shift: 12 hours Experience: No experience required License: Active, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in the applicable state Certifications: BLS

Must-Have: Proficiency in administering medications, performing various medical procedures such as wound care and IV therapy, and utilizing medical equipment and technology. Strong assessment skills, critical thinking abilities, and the capacity to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment are essential. Communication skills for collaborating with interdisciplinary teams and providing clear explanations to patients and their families. Deep understanding of medical terminology, disease processes, and healthcare regulations ensures competent and safe delivery of care. Overall, the role demands a combination of clinical expertise, empathy, and adaptability to meet the complex needs of patients while upholding professional standards of nursing practice.

Description: The RN implements professional nursing practice centered on the patient as a whole person and the creation of a caring environment focused on healing and wellness. Nursing practices are based on evidence and current research as well as hospital and department policies and procedures, regulatory standards, and professional guidelines. Clinical decision-making incorporates all four phases of the nursing process, critical thinking, and creativity. Nursing excellence is promoted through helping relationships among nursing staff and across other disciplines.

Responsibilities include coordinating, ensuring, and providing direct patient care activities on the unit. This includes nursing rounds, assessments, treatments, facilitating admission, transfer, and discharge activities, and providing patient and family-centered education. The RN conducts comprehensive assessments considering the patient's culture, age, and developmental level. Identifying patient risk factors and obtaining health information from family or others as necessary is essential. Collecting objective and subjective data and developing a problem list prioritizing patient needs based on input from the inter-professional team is critical. The RN designs actions and interventions relevant to the patient's culture and age and determines desired outcomes in coordination with the patient and family. Implementing patient care therapies and procedures with empowerment and clinical autonomy within scope of practice in accordance with established policies and guidelines is required. Explaining procedures and treatments to patients and families while recognizing and communicating changes in patient conditions appropriately is vital. Documentation of ongoing assessments and responses to procedures and therapies in accordance with hospital policies is necessary. The RN will set priorities for the care of multiple patients, assuring resources, coordinating plans of care, and organizing workloads efficiently. Delegating tasks appropriately and overseeing team members in patient care activities while monitoring their accuracy and completeness is a responsibility. Identifying and addressing educational needs of patients based on prioritized problems is required. Facilitating the patient discharge process by executing discharge orders in a timely manner and coordinating plans with Case Management is essential. Active participation in departmental and unit quality improvement activities and core measures is expected. The RN must promote a positive group dynamic and healing environment through words and actions. Assuring nursing excellence according to accepted standards, evidence-based practices, current research, and a caring philosophy is a key aspect of this role. Using a holistic perspective regarding patient care is emphasized.