Registered Nurse; RN - Emergency Department

Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Department

Provide, promote and maintain quality patient care during diagnostic and therapeutic imaging procedures through education, standards of practice, professional growth, and collaboration with other multidisciplinary health care providers.

Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.

Required

• Education:
  
  Associate’s degree in Nursing required.
• Experience:
  
  Monitor experience or EKG course completion required.
• Certifications/Registrations/Licenses:
  • A valid Permanent Multi-State RN License from the state in which you reside is required. Should you hold a RN license from another Compact state, you are required to apply for and obtain a Multi-State RN License from the state in which you reside within 30 days.
  • American Heart Association BLS CPR required, must be obtained within 7 days of hire.
  • American Heart Association ACLS and PALS, CPI and NIHSS is required within orientation period.

Preferred

• Experience:
  
  One year of experience in acute care/critical care/emergency department preferred.
• Certifications/Registrations/Licenses: ENPC, TNCC, CEN preferred.

Responsibilities

• Initiates and documents a written plan of care within specified timeframe.
• Performs patient interventions completely and proficiently and demonstrates age specific competency for population of patients served.
• Provides appropriate treatment in emergency situations as they arise.
• Verifies, during hospitalization, orders for accuracy (including reconciliation of medications), appropriate scheduling of tests and/or procedures, pre‑op data, and consent forms.
• Follows medication and IV Therapy policies including patient identification, understanding about medications, administering meds and recognizing/reporting interactions 100% of the time. Appropriately monitors first dose medication(s) for adverse reactions.
• Performs related duties as required.

Seniority Level
:
Associate

Employment Type
:
Full‑time

Job Function
:
Health Care Provider

Industries
:
Hospitals and Health Care and Medical Practices