Registered Nurse - Emergency

Registered Nurse - Emergency Medicine

With centuries of blended Native American and Spanish culture, unique adobe architecture, adventurous chile-based cuisine, art of all genres, kaleidoscope sunsets, and the forested Sangre de Cristo Mountains calling for year-round exploration, Santa Fe offers its visitors everything from cozy romance to alpine adventure. Established by the Spanish in 1607, it's the nation's oldest capital, though Pueblo peoples have called the area home since well before then. Its early 1900s roots as an American art colony make Santa Fe one of the top three art markets in the nation. Explore

In addition to general outpatient care the Santa Fe Service Unit facilities provide dental services, health education, nutrition services, behavioral health services, public health nursing, community diabetes education, occupational therapy, contract care, environmental health, and sanitation services. Special clinics focus on womens health, diabetes, children, and wellness. Additionally, each facility works closely with tribal governments and other programs in community outreach efforts focusing on health promotion and disease prevention. Santa Fe is a large multi cultural city. It is the oldest capital city in the US. It borders a national forest and sits at the base of a 11,000 ft. mountain range. It is an hours drive from Albuquerque, the largest city in the state of NM and site of the University of New Mexico.

Requirements (Duties include but are not limited)

• Provide nursing duties in the Emergency Department such as providing comprehensive emergency room nursing care to patients based on nursing assessment and on the physician's medical plan of care.
• Provides nursing care to meet physical, emotional, spiritual and sociocultural needs of the patient, by means of direct care and teaching.
• In emergency situations when a physician is not present or immediately available, initiates appropriate measures, for example, takes resuscitation measures in case of cardiac or respiratory arrest.
• Operates and monitors specialized equipment such as resuscitation units, cardiac monitors, ventilators (portable), defibrillators, pulse oximeter, infusion pumps, IVACs, and warning devices.
• Administers therapeutic measures as prescribed by the physician such as medications, intravenous fluids, blood transfusions, treatments and procedures.
• Prepares patient, completes or assists as appropriate during procedures, and evaluates results.
• Reviews and interprets findings to distinguish between normal and abnormal conditions such as assesses and determines those situations that are life threatening emergencies, acute states that could result in an emergency; recognizes potential changes such as fluid and drugs side effects. Recognizes life-threatening conditions that require immediate attention of emergency room provider and responds accordingly.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Must have a minimum of 12 months experience in the Emergency Room in the last 36 months
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) as approved by the American Heart Association (AHA) is mandatory for all specialties.

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