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Careers
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Department:
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Emergency
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Job Title:
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RN - Full Time and Per Diem
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Job Description:
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Provides professional nursing care within the Emergency Department and coordinates care planning with other disciplines.
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Job Prerequisites:
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Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing with one year of Emergency or Intensive Care nursing.
Currently licensed as a registered professional nurse by the Nevada State Board of Nursing.
Current ACLS certification.
Current PALS certification.
Current BLS certification.
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Job Responsibilities:
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The primary responsibilities of the Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department are as follows:
1. Provide direct patient care, evaluates outcomes, consults with other specialists as required and adjusts nursing care processes as indicated to ensure optimal patient care.
2. Ability to perform a head to toe assessment on all patients and reassessments as per policy. This includes pediatric, adolescent, and geriatric patients and the general patient population.
3. Ability to monitor hemodynamic status of patients and correctly interprets the results.
4. Accurately assigns triage categories.
5. Maintain accurate and continued nursing documentation including patient histories, conditions, treatments, responses and assessment of changes.
6. Treat patients and their families with respect and dignity. Identifies and addresses psychosocial, cultural, ethnic and religious/spiritual needs of patients and families. Functions as liaison between administrators, patients, physicians and other healthcare providers.
7. Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and skills necessary to provide age appropriate care to the patients served. Able to interpret data about the patient’s status in order to identify each patient’s age specific needs and provide care needed by the patient group.
8. Participates in QM and safety activities for their work environment.
9. Interacts professionally with patient and family and involves them in the formation of the plan of care.
10. Formulates a teaching plan based on identified learning needs and evaluates effectiveness of learning including family teaching, as appropriate.
11. Maintains current knowledge of medications and their correct administration based on age of the patient and his/her clinical condition.
12. Prepares, hangs, initiates, monitors and discontinues IV fluids.
13. Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, performance improvement program, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
14. Maintains a safe, comfortable and therapeutic environment for patients and families in accordance with Hospital standards.
15. Ensures an adequate stock of supplies and the proper functioning of equipment.
16. Assists in cost containment through the appropriate ordering and conserving of supplies and equipment.
17. Cooperates with other personnel to achieve departmental objectives, maintains good employee relations and interdepartmental objectives.
18. Responds promptly to changes in workload, adjusting assignment as necessary to achieve optimal productivity and efficiency.
19. Demonstrates the ability to assist physicians with procedures in the Emergency Department.
20. Assists the ER/ICU/MST Manager in the development, implementation and evaluation of performance improvement safety indicators to improve patient outcomes and the work environment.
21. Orients new employees to the Emergency Department.
22. Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, inservice meetings and workshops, shows responsibility for own professional practice and ongoing education.
23. Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.
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Job Pay:
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DOE
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Posted on:
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September 02, 2010
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Revised on:
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September 02, 2010
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