Fifth Commandment Healthcare Staffing is Hiring a Nights Travel Contract Registered Nurse Emergency Room Near Lancaster, CA
Job Objective: An Emergency Department Registered Nurse must be knowledgeable in multiple disciplines, pediatrics, obstetrics, medicine, cardiology, trauma, orthopedics, oncology, infectious disease, and psychiatry. He/she must be knowledgeable in caring for all age groups; newborns, infants, toddlers, childhood, adolescence, adult and geriatric. Essential Duties for all RNs in the Emergency Department:
Meets all the essential duties of a Registered Nurse.
1. Nursing Process
a. Applies nursing process in direct patient care.
b. Skillfully practices triage of patients per Triage Policy
c. ssesses patients and documents on the ED nursing T-system a minimum of every two hours or more often when necessary.
d. Appropriately intervenes when assessment reveals an abnormal finding, examples include but are not limited to airway, breathing, circulation.
e. Knowledgeable regarding pre-hospital forms.
2. Nursing Care Delivery Process
a. Knowledgeable regarding current emergency nursing practices and procedures.
b. Knowledgeable of the legal aspects of emergency nursing care, including but not limited to:
1) Treatment and/or release of minor to someone other than parent.
2) EMTALA laws in regards to medical screening exams and transfer procedures.
3) Procedure for medical/legal examination and collection of evidence.
4) Procedure for obtaining legal blood alcohol specimen.
5) Requirements for reporting suspected elder/dependent adult and child abuse/neglect.
c. Coroners report
d. After-care instructions
3. Technical Equipment
a. Chest tubes, drainage system, and auto-transfuser.
b. Cardio-Respiratory monitors
c. Monitoring equipment; Arterial Lines, CVP, Swanz Ganz, ICP.
d. Invasive and non-invasive blood pressure monitoring.
e. Crash cart/defibrillator (external and internal), ambu bag.
f. Oxygen saturation/pulse oximetry
g. Fluid warmer
h. 12 lead ECG
i. Pacemaker, internal and external
j. Competent operation of ReddiNet communication System
4. Environment
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5. Leadership/Professionalism
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6. Education
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b. Attends a minimum of 50% of staff meetings annually
7. Communication
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8. Age Specific & Cultural Requirements
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Non-Essential Duties:
Participation on unit or hospital-based committees
Skills and Abilities
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Ability to perform and interpret ECG correctly
Ability institute Thrombolytic therapy protocol
Ability to assist in ICP insertion and monitoring/interpretation of wave form
Ability to assist in insertion and monitoring of arterial line and central lines.
Required Licensure and/or Certifications:
Current California Registered Nursing license
BLS
ACLS
PALS
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Certification, initial certification required at first available hospital training class. Annual recertification required
Annual Restraint Certification/Recertification
Annual JCAHO Review/Competencies
Working Conditions
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A detailed description of the physical requirements of this job is maintained in the Occupational Health Department.