Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

Position Summary

The registered nurse is a professional nurse who coordinates the delivery of nursing care for monitored patients during their hospital stay including cardiac monitoring, hemodynamic stabilization, responsive to emergent situations and care of evidence-based medicine patients. The registered nurse ensures that quality nursing care is rendered to all patients in accordance with the Michigan Department of Public Health, the medical center and nursing department standards.

Utilizing the nursing process, functions primarily in direct patient care. The registered nurse participates in maintaining a safe patient care environment, maintains patient privacy, dignity, confidentiality and respects patient’s rights.

Emergency Department

Variable

Casual

0

• Performs purposeful hourly rounding including:
  Pain, Position, Personal needs and Possessions
• Applies the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, and discharge needs of patient/family
• Triages patients in accordance with Emergency Severity Index (ESI) minor to critical recommendations

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Must possess valid State of Michigan Nursing License
• BLS Certified
• ACLS Certified within 3 months of hire
• Completed and certified (up to date) in Basic Arrhythmia
• TNCC within 1 year of hire
• ENPC within 18 months of hire
• CPI within 1 year of hire
• Possesses excellent customer service skills and the ability to communicate and present self to patient, visitors, other staff and physicians verbally and in writing in courteous, confident and professional manner

• Previous experience as RN in Emergency Department
• CEN, CPEN, and/or TCRN Certification
• Previous Emergency Department RN experience
• PALS Certification
• BSN in Nursing

• Schedule:
  
  Per Diem
• Requisition :
• Daily Work Times:
  Variable
• Hours Per Pay Period: 0
• On Call:
  No
• Weekends:
  Yes