Registered Nurse- Emergency Department

Registered Nurse Emergency Department

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About the Facility – Oklahoma City area Indian Health Services The Oklahoma City area Indiana Health Service serves the state of Oklahoma, Kansas, and portions of Texas. Oklahoma is home to more than 39 Tribes and Tribal Organizations, a unique characteristic of the Oklahoma City area because many Tribes have opted to operate their own health programs, including large-scale hospitals to the smaller preventive care programs in behavioral health programs. The area consists of eight service units with federally operated hospitals clinics and smaller health stations. The large number of tribal health care facilities in programs is an accurate reflection of the partnerships and cooperation the Oklahoma City area has with the tribes in their area as they join together to fulfill the health care needs of their community. Services for this position is specifically for the Claremore Indian Hospital and the Lawton Indian Hospital. Facility Address: 101 South Moore Ave, Claremore, OK 74017 Facility Address: 1515 Northeast Lawrie Tatum Rd, Lawton, OK 73507

Requirements

• Observing and assessing the patient's clinical condition, recognizing, identifying, and interpreting serious situations and immediately deciding and taking appropriate action.
• Formulating a nursing diagnosis.
• Developing a plan of care for individual patients by interviewing patients and family members, reviewing the patient's health record, and determining the kind of health and physical care required, including discharge planning.
• Initiating appropriate measures in emergency situations when physician is not immediately available.
• Operating and monitoring general and specialized nursing equipment utilized in their respective departments; Ambulatory Care, Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Emergency Room (ER), General Medical Surgical (Med/Surg), and Obstetrical (OB) Department.
• Administering therapeutic measures and medications as prescribed by the physician.
• Planning, providing and documenting the teaching of patients and families in preventive, curative and rehab measures.
• Recording observations, nursing interventions, therapeutic measure administered and the status of coordinated activities between nursing and other professional disciplines.
• Nurses possessing the proper education and training may administer respiratory treatments.
• Age specific competencies will be completed.
• Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) mandatory in-services will be completed.
• Indian Health Service required training
• All nurses shall report to the assigned department prior to work and report off at the end of their assigned shift.
• All nurses shall complete all medical records documentation and will be provided with the information necessary to complete the medical records prior to working as required by the hospital policy and procedures. Nurses may be required to utilize the Electronic Health Records system.
• Nurses shall complete orientation & competencies, this documentation will be submitted to Chief Nurse Executive and/or designee prior to scheduling a shift.
• Proper and adequate services for patient care shall be in accordance with standard of nursing practices and shall be equal in quality to services normally performed for the general public in a Joint Commission Accreditation for Healthcare Organization accredited facility.
• Ability to speak, understand, read and write English fluently.
• Nurses shall read, understand, speak, and write English to effectively communicate with patients and other health care workers, and shall be respectful of the local, American Indian and Alaska Native culture.
• Nurses shall have proficient knowledge, skills, and abilities to use a computer.

Qualifications

• Candidates must possess a bachelor's degree in Nursing and eligibility under the Superior Academic Achievement provision -OR- Possess of a bachelor's degree in Nursing and at least one full year of professional nursing experience-OR- Possess a diploma or associate degree in professional nursing. Schooling must be approved by the appropriate State-accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodities at the time of completion: the ACEN or the CCNE.
• Must possess a current, valid, unrestricted nursing license in a state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a Territory of the United States.
• Minimum 3 years' experience required although 4 years is preferred of full-time Emergency Department specific experience that has occurred within the past 23 months with a minimum of two of those years occurring at a tertiary level facility preferred.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Life Support (ACLS) Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) required with Trauma Nurse.
• Critical Care (TNCC) certification complete or in progress, and Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course, Basic Dysrhythmia are mandatory for Emergency Department duty sections (complete or in progress).
• Certified Emergency Nurse through the Emergency Nurses Association.
• Required to float to M/S as needed.

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