Registered Nurse-Emergency-ED

Registered Nurse-Emergency-ED

Requirements

• CA RN license
• BLS
• Kaweah Health approved crisis intervention training within 60 days of hire/transfer
• ACLS within nine months of hire/transfer
• PALS within one year of hire/transfer
• Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) provider card within 18 months of hire/transfer
• Mobile Intensive Care Nurse (MICN) within three years of hire/transfer

Responsibilities

• Guided by the Code of Ethics
• Displays professional behavior and treats everyone respectfully
• Identifies high risk patients and initiates intervention of ancillary department
• Maintains patient confidentiality within legal and regulatory parameters
• Acts as a patient/resident advocate
• Delivers care in a nonjudgmental and nondiscriminatory manner
• Utilizes nursing process-assessed via direct observation, peer reviews, audits, documentation
• Collects clinical data to monitor quality and effectiveness of nursing care
• Identifies aspects of care that are important for quality monitoring
• Assists in development and implementation of policies, procedures, and practice guidelines
• Participates on interdisciplinary teams that evaluate clinical practice or health services
• Participates in QI studies
• Collaborates and communicates with the patient/resident, family, and other health care providers
• Makes referrals, including provisions for continuity of care
• Is a primary clinical resource for staff on assigned unit
• Provides leadership and support for staff through effective problem solving and decision making
• Makes and adjusts staff assignments based on the abilities of staff and needs of the patient population
• Coordinates care in high-risk/emergent situations
• Ensures collaboration between staff, physicians, other providers, and departments involved in the care of patients
• Provides patient care as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• BSN
• MSN
• Currently enrolled in RN-BSN program