RN - ED- Rotating shifts

Job Title: RN

Home Department: Emergency Department

Reports To: Director of Emergency Department

Direct Reports: None

FLSA Classification: Non-Exempt

Position Summary

• The RN is responsible for providing professional nursing care within the Emergency Department.
• Coordinates care planning with other disciplines.
• Determines priorities of care based on physical and psychosocial needs of patients, as well as factors influencing patient flow through the system.
• Communicates with ER physicians regarding changes in patient's status, symptomatology, and results of diagnostic studies.
• Responds quickly and accurately to changes in condition or response to treatment.

• General Duties, Tasks and Responsibilities
• Performs accurate and complete assessment of patients presenting to the Emergency Department; performs head-to-toe systems assessment per policy; assesses and reassesses pain; assessments are age, culture and psychosocial appropriate.
• Formulates a plan of care based on patient needs, modifies the plan of care based on patient outcomes; formulates a teaching plan based on identified learning needs and evaluates the effectiveness of learning to include: educating the patient/family regarding treatment plan and providing discharge planning/instructions.
• Accurately assigns triage categories; monitors hemodynamic status of patient and correctly interprets results; identifies dysrhythmias and treats appropriately.
• Prepares and administers medications based on age / clinical condition of the patient; starts intravenous/intraosseous lines for medications and fluids.
• Assesses the effectiveness of pain medications; revises plan of care as indicated by the patient's response to treatment as appropriate.
• Ensures documentation is complete, accurate and timely; prepares the patient record in both electronic and chart form.
• Performs all aspects of the position in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/healthcare errors; utilizes established hand-off communication protocols; maintains the security of the department.