ER RN Staff- Emergency Dept, Full Time, Days Position Available In DeKalb, Georgia
Tallo's Job Summary: The full-time ER RN Staff position in the Emergency Department during day shifts involves delivering patient care, assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care. Responsibilities include medication reconciliation, individualized nursing care, interdisciplinary collaboration, patient education, venipuncture, safe medication administration, adherence to policies, problem-solving, and mentorship. Qualifications include an accredited nursing degree, Alabama licensure or MSL, BLS certification, and preferred experience.
Job Description
Job Description:
Overview The registered nurse is responsible for the delivery of patientcare using the nursing processes of assessing, planning,implementing and evaluating care. Also directs and guides patientcare activities of ancillary personnel while maintaining standardsof professional nursing. Cooperates and communicates well with allhealth team members to maintain the highest quality patientcare. Responsibilities Key Responsibilities / Essential Functions Completes all components of Nursing Assessment on new admission asindicated by age specific requirement in indicated time frame:
Pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric. Initiates and ensuresmedication reconciliation through admission, transfer and dischargeprocess as applicable. Plans, directs and evaluates individualizednursing care based on identified problems and agespecific/developmental requirements: Pediatric, adolescent, adultand geriatric. Collaborates and coordinates with treatment teammembers to provide quality patient care and maintain accurate andtimely interdisciplinary plan of care. Assesses and documentscondition, observation, interventions and response on assignedpatients on ongoing basis to include but not limited to normalsystem review, behavioral and age specific factor. Plans andprovides patient and/or significant other education based onphysical, behavioral, psychological development and age relatedfactors after identifying barriers to learning.
Performsvenipuncture according to hospital policy:
Pediatric, adolescent,adult and geriatric. Demonstrates safe medication administration,maintaining medication and patient verification process perhospital policy. Pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric Adheresto policies and procedures and demonstrates practices that ensure asafe environment for patients, visitors, co-workers, and self.
Demonstrates knowledge of core measures and guidelines to meetingrequirements. Demonstrates problem solving and crucial thinkingskills. Takes the initiative to obtain additional education relatedto scope of practice. Functions as a preceptor and mentor. CPRcertification.
Qualifications Minimum Knowledge, Skills, Experience Required:
Education:
Graduateof Accredited School of Nursing with current Alabama licensure orMSL.
Experience:
Experience preferred; new graduates accepted.
Additional Skill/Abilities:
BLS required before the conclusion ofthe orientation period.
