Harrison County Hospital is looking for Emergency Department nurses who are committed to excellence and outstanding patient care. This team member must have the qualifications and experience to care for patients of all ages. This position is PRN, as needed. Under the direction of the department of nursing service, the staff nurse, as a registered nurse, bears primary responsibility and accountability for the nursing care patients receive. The staff nurse's practice possesses characteristics identified in the nursing profession's standards of practice, nurse's code of ethics, and the Indiana nurse practice act. In Inherent in this practice is the nursing process; the assessment of the patient status, the plan of nursing actions, the implementation of that plan and the evaluation of the plan. The staff nurse's patient population will include patients from infancy to geriatric who present with either medical or post-surgical problems.

Required Skills:

PALS/ACLS

trained Venipuncture Skills. Ability to accurately monitor cardiac rhythms. Obtains 85% or higher on telemetry test.

Education:

Graduate from accredited nursing school. RN License in the state of Indiana Completion of hospital approved critical care course and/or comparable experience in critical care nursing and/or emergency room. Harrison County Hospital has continuously served the people of Harrison County since 1950. Today our acute care community hospital serves the healthcare needs of a much broader and growing population in Harrison and Crawford counties, Indiana and Meade County, Kentucky. As our community grows, we grow, serving more patients than ever before, and recruiting highly qualified hospital and medical staff.