RN - Registered Nurse - Emergency Department
Core
Registered Nurse providing direct patient care, assessments, treatments, and care coordination in a fast-paced, high-acuity Emergency Department.
Role type
Registered Nurse (Emergency Department)
Builds
Patient care plans and safe clinical outcomes in a Level 1 Adult Trauma Center and Comprehensive Stroke Center.
Domain
Healthcare / Emergency Medicine
Required skills
Patient assessment, care plan formulation, medication administration, interdisciplinary collaboration, evidence-based practice, trauma care, stroke care, pediatric care, rapid evaluation, equipment troubleshooting, quality and safety education
Preferred skills
Shared governance participation, team decision-making, adaptability to changing plans
Technologies
Monitors, diagnostic equipment, electronic health records (implied by unit standards)
Responsibilities
Completes assessments as established by scope of practice; addresses physical, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual needs of patient and family; formulates and coordinates plan of care including discharge planning; provides direct patient care including treatments and medications; initiates collaboration with physicians and interdisciplinary team members; participates in unit-based decision-making regarding evidence-based practice; actively participates in patient quality and safety education programs.
Seniority
Regular full-time employee