Registered Nurse Emergency Department PRN

Joining AdventHealth

Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It's about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.

Job Description

Conduct comprehensive evaluations of patients' physical, psychological, and social health to identify their needs.

Develop individualized, evidence-based care plans with specific, measurable goals tailored to each patient's needs.

Implement care plans by administering treatments, medications, and therapies as prescribed.

Continuously monitor and assess patient progress toward expected outcomes, document findings, and adjust care plans as necessary.

Collaborate with healthcare professionals to ensure a coordinated and comprehensive approach to patient care.

Serve as a liaison to post-hospital care providers and community health resources to promote continuity of care.

Oversee patient transitions throughout the healthcare system, ensuring smooth handoffs and the transfer of accountability upon discharge.

Gather comprehensive patient health information from various sources, including patients, families, and healthcare providers.

Evaluate collected health data to identify patient needs, conditions, and potential health concerns.

Determine realistic, attainable, and individualized health outcomes based on assessment data and patient goals.

Maintain clear and effective communication with all members of the healthcare team to support coordinated patient care.

Provide patients and families with clear, concise information about health conditions, treatments, and self-care strategies; confirm understanding and address concerns.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Administers all types of medications correctly per age group for all populations served according to policy.

Demonstrates proficient technical skills and operational knowledge of all equipment used on the unit.

Performs daily rotational task assignment as directed.

Supervises Nursing Assistants in the process of basic nursing functions.

Demonstrates standard procedure for safe patient ambulation and transfers, and checking, turning, and repositioning bedfast, and or, incontinent patients every two hours.

Serves as a preceptor as necessary.

Communication/Collaboration.

Gather data/assess/reassess all populations served and do primary assessment of all newly admitted or transferred patients and completes hard cop care plans for each chart.

Documents/communicates clearly and concisely patient data, initiates and implements phone and verbal physician orders promptly and accurately as needed, collaborates with other members of the healthcare team as needed including the Assistant Nurse Manager and/or Charge RN, other RNs, and physicians, under HIPAA and confidentiality policy.

Collaborates on Care Plan input.

Timely collaboration with to establish priorities in planning, organizing, and implementing patient care based on nursing assessment, and taking into consideration the patient/family's psychosocial/cultural/circumstantial situations. Timely collaboration with RNs to evaluate patient response to nursing interventions.

Demonstrates recognition of emergency codes, infection control, life safety, and fire plan, age-specific safety concerns, proper body mechanics and ergonomics, and implements measures to meet these needs when they arise in collaboration with the RN. Supervises nursing assistant staff during these events.

Understands the Computerized Physician Order Entry Process and proficiently uses the electronic medical record for retrieval of patient information.

Monitors Electronic Medical Record for new physician orders and diagnostic results.

Provides the necessary and appropriate education to the patient and family from admission through discharge. This includes, but is not limited to: the patients known medical and nursing plan of care, medications, tests and procedures, disease process, and discharge instructions. Initiates and documents the education provided including the patient response and outcomes. Initiates referrals to healthcare providers as necessary.

Must be fluent in English (read, verbal and written skills).

Education:

Associate's of Nursing [Required]

Bachelor's of Nursing [Preferred]

Work Experience:

1+ prior hospital/acute care nursing experience. [Preferred]

RN experience [Required]

Licenses and Certifications:

Basic Life Support - CPR Cert (BLS) [Required]

Registered Nurse (RN) [Required]

Pay Range: $32.80 - $61.02

This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances.