Emergency Room Nurse Position Available In Dallas, Alabama

Job Description:

Description Our commitment is to deliver excellence and an empathetic humanexperience to every patient, every family member, every employee,every time. We do this through our Core Values which help inguiding our work every day. What makes Vaughan Regional MedicalCenter a great place to work? Our people, of course! Our caregiversanswer this special calling because they have a fundamental,internal drive to help people. In return, we serve, develop andrespect our employees in environments created to optimize their jobeffectiveness, experience, and satisfaction. This is who weare.

Job Summary:

The Registered Nurse (RN) – on Full-time or Part-timebasis – provides planning and delivery of direct and indirectpatient care through the nursing process of Assessment, Planning,Intervention, and Evaluation. A Registered Nurse develops thenursing care plan in coordination with patient, family andinterdisciplinary staff as necessary. They communicate changes inpatient’s clinical condition with Physicians, NursingSupervisor/Manager, and co-workers as appropriate. As well asparticipate in discharge planning process.

Essential Functions:

Maintains the standard of nursing care and implements policies andprocedures of the hospital and nursing department. Directs, supervises, provides and evaluates nursing care providedto patients. Assigns or delegates tasks based on the needs and condition of thepatient, potential for harm, complexity of the task, and withinscope of practice of the staff to whom the task is delegated. Assigns nursing care team members in accordance to patient needs,team member’s capabilities and qualifications. Documents patient admission assessment and reassessments, patientcare plans and other pertinent information, completely in thepatient’s medical record according to nursing standards andpolicies. Performs assessment on all patients on admission and reassessmentsas per policy. Makes referrals to other disciplines based onassessment. Develops nursing care plan of assigned patient on admission,updates plan of care as needed and ensures plan of care iscoordinated with patient, family, and other members of theteam. Assesses and reassesses pain. Utilizes appropriate pain managementtechniques. Educates the patient and family regarding painmanagement. Revises the plan of care as indicated by the patient’s response totreatment, and evaluates overall plan daily for effectiveness. Performs patient care responsibilities considering needs specificto the standard of care for patient’s age. Receives physician’s orders, ensures transcription is accurate anddocuments completion. Administers medication utilizing the five rights of medicationadministration reducing the potential for medication errors. Formulates a teaching plan based upon identified learning needs andevaluates effectiveness of learning; family is included in teachingas appropriate. Assists physicians with examinations, treatments and specialprocedures and performs services requiring technical and manualskills within scope of practice. Performs treatments and provide services to level of licensure. Treats patients and their families with respect and dignity.

Identifies and addresses psychosocial, cultural, ethnic andreligious/spiritual needs of patients and their families. Functionsas liaison between administration, patients, physicians, and otherhealthcare providers. Interacts professionally with patient/family and involvespatient/family in the formation of the plan of care. Interprets data about the patient’s status in order to identifyeach patient’s age specific needs and provide care needed by thepatient group. Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment thatoptimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood ofmedical/health care errors. Initiates or assists with emergency measures for sudden adversedevelopments in patients’ condition. Answers telephone, paging system, patients’ call lights,anticipates patients’ needs, and makes rounds of assigned patientsand responds as appropriate. Consults other departments as appropriate to provide for aninterdisciplinary approach to the patient’s needs. Provides end of shift report to on coming nurse, narcotics arecounted, documentation is complete, and physician orders signedoff. Communicates appropriately and clearly to management, co-workers,and physicians. Identifies and addresses psychosocial needs of patients and family;communicates with Social Service/Discharge Planner regarding bothin hospital and post discharge needs. Participates in orientation, instruction/training of newpersonnel. Manages and operates equipment safely and correctly.

Qualifications Education:

Graduation from an accredited Bachelors of Science in Nursing,Associate Degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma program.

Licenses/Certification:

Current state licensure as Registered Nurse. BCLS certification. ACLS preferred.

Experience:

Minimum one year ED experience in an acute care settingpreferred