RN EREmergency Room

Job Description:
Shift:Sunday through Saturday 7pm-7am

Job Summary:

• The Registered Nurse assesses plans implements and evaluates nursing care utilizing the nursing process in accordance with hospital standards and unit policies/procedures for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating patient functional status.

Job Responsibilities:

• Utilizes the nursing process in caring for assigned patients.
• Completes assessment and individualizes plan of care within established unit/nursing guidelines.
• Carries out nursing care with consideration for cultural and psychosocial factors and ages of individual patients.
• Organizes prioritizes and performs nursing skills appropriate for the patient population.
• Anticipates patient/unit needs.
• Demonstrates sound knowledge base: Bio-psychosocial.
• Delegates and communicates effectively and appropriately.
• Demonstrates professional judgment in response to changing patient/unit situations.
• Documents steps of the nursing process/care on the appropriate record.
• Records data concisely consistently accurately and legibly.
• Utilizes correct medical terminology abbreviations.
• Addresses problems and progress toward outcomes according to unit/nursing policy.
• Facilitates patient teaching discharge.
• Makes timely appropriate referrals.
• Utilizes resources in planning and presenting patient education considering patient age and cultural/psychosocial factors.
• Collaborates with other disciplines as appropriate.
• Supports unit/hospital goals through PI and educational activities.
• Attends mandatory in-services and meets unit education standards.
• Accurately completes variance reports.
• Decision Making: Independent judgment in planning the sequence of operations and making minor decisions in a complex technical or professional field.
• Working Relationship: Works directly with patients and/or customers.
• Works with internal/external customers.
• Works with other healthcare professionals and staff.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Zero (0) - six (6) months of related experience.
• Epic experience.
• Working knowledge of disease state management processes bio-psychosocial model and clinical pathways.
• Effective interpersonal written and oral communication skills Ability to organize and prioritize work in an effective and efficient manner.
• Ability to be detail oriented as required in the examination of clinical and numerical data.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• N/A

Required Education:

• Completion of basic professional curriculum of a school of nursing as approved and verified by a state board of nursing and holds or is entitled to hold a diploma or degree therefrom.

Preferred Education:

• N/A

Required Certification & Licensure:

• Valid multi-state or State of Oklahoma Registered Nurse License.
• BLS ACLS & PALS NIHSS.

Preferred Certification & Licensure:

• N/A