Registered Nurse - Lancaster, United States - Antelope Valley Medical Center

Antelope Valley Medical Center
Antelope Valley Medical Center
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Lancaster, United States

2 weeks ago

Mark Lane

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Description

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 RN's in the Emergency Department:

  • Meets all the essential duties of a Registered Nurse.

Nursing Process
Applies nursing process in direct patient care.

  • Skillfully practices triage of patients per Triage Policy
  • Assesses patients and documents on the ED nursing Tsystem a minimum of
- every two hours or more often when necessary.

  • Appropriately intervenes when assessment reveals an abnormal finding, examples include but are not limited to airway, breathing, circulation.
  • Knowledgeable regarding prehospital forms.

Nursing Care Delivery Process

  • Knowledgeable regarding current emergency nursing practices and procedures.
  • Knowledgeable of the legal aspects of emergency nursing care, including

but not limited to:

  • Treatment and/or release of minor to someone other than parent.
  • EMTALA laws in regards to medical screening exams and transfer procedures.
  • Procedure for medical/legal examination and collection of evidence.
  • Procedure for obtaining legal blood alcohol specimen.
  • Requirements for reporting suspected elder/dependent adult and child abuse/neglect.
  • Coroner's report
  • Aftercare instructions

Technical Equipment

  • Chest tubes, drainage system, and autotransfuser.
  • Cardio-Respiratory monitors
  • Monitoring equipment; Arterial Lines, CVP, Swanz Ganz, ICP.
  • Invasive and noninvasive blood pressure monitoring.
  • Crash cart/defibrillator (external and internal), ambu bag.
  • Oxygen saturation/pulse oximetry
  • Fluid warmer
  • 12 lead ECG
  • Pacemaker, internal and external
  • Competent operation of ReddiNet communication System

Environment

  • Refer to job description Registered Nurse

Leadership/Professionalism

  • Refer to job description Registered Nurse

Education

  • Refer to job description Registered Nurse
  • Attends a minimum of 50% of staff meetings annually.

Communication

  • Refer to job description, Registered Nurse

Age Specific & Cultural Requirements

  • Refer to job description, Registered Nurse

Non-Essential Duties:


  • Participation on unit or hospitalbased committees
  • Skills and Abilities
  • Refer to job description Registered Nurse
  • 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 (within 6 months of hire or first available Antelope Valley Hospital course)
  • 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

  • Refer to job description Registered Nurse

Job Objective:


A Registered Nurse is responsible for the nursing care of patients as established by the Nursing Practice Act of the Board of Registered Nursing of the State of California and as guided by policies and procedures of the hospital.


Duties and Responsibilities:


_ 1. __Nursing Process_**- Applies nursing process in direct patient care:
  • Provides accurate assessment and documentation of physiological, psycho social, cultural, developmental, socioeconomic, and spiritual needs of patient as evidenced by assessment within time frame appropriate for level of care
  • Provides logical sequence of action, updates nursing care plan as evidenced by notations on care plan, provides evaluation each shift of patient's progress In relation to the patient care plan, if applicable to area of care
  • Provides Information to patient/family relating to educational resources available, Directs patient/family educational process
  • Provides discharge planning beginning on admission with appropriate referrals and update as required by the patient
  • Adheres to the admission and transfer criteria
  • Adheres to all current policies and procedures in providing patient care and seeks clarification if needed.
  • Evaluates and documents outcomes of medical, nursing, and ancillary team interventions
  • Incorporates time management skills in accomplishing care

_2. __Nursing Care Delivery Process_**- Knowledgeable regarding current nursing practices and procedures

  • Demonstrates knowledge and use of resources and forms
  • Demonstrates knowledge of hospital structure and administrative resources
  • Demonstrates ability to interpret rules and regulations
  • Knowledge of legal aspects of nursing care
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