Emergency Department Nurse

3 weeks ago


Columbia, Missouri, United States UNC Health Appalachian Full time
Job Summary

The Emergency Department Registered Nurse is responsible for providing direct and indirect patient care services that meet the psychosocial, physical, and restorative needs of each patient.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provides direct and indirect patient care services that meet the psychosocial, physical, and restorative needs of each patient.
  • Decisions and actions with patients and families are determined in an ethical manner, practicing compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and unique attributes of each person.
  • Effectively communicates with patients/families, visitors, colleagues, physicians, leadership, and volunteers.
  • Delivers patient care using the nursing process through data collection and assessment, identifies and determines priority using the triage process.
  • Conducts the initial assessment, analyzes assessment data, creates a plan of care, implements treatment.
Requirements
  • Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
  • Current licensure as an RN in North Carolina.
  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association.
  • Ability to communicate courteously and effectively with the public, patients, family, staff, and physician and acts within the chain of command, utilizing positive verbal and non-verbal skills.
  • Competent in delivering safe and effective patient care within legal limits of licensure and hospital policies and procedures.
Working Conditions

Regularly exposed to the risk of blood-borne diseases. Frequently exposed to hazards from electrical/mechanical/power equipment; odorous chemicals and specimens; and, unpleasant elements (accident, injury, slippery surfaces uneven surfaces), etc.

Subject to irregular hours (days, evenings, nights, weekends, holidays); and emergency situations.

Continuous standing and walking long periods to, or, greater than >8 hours per shift. Speaking, reading and writing, expanded > 8 hours per day. Exposed to vibration; and cramped spaces >1 hour day.

Frequently mobilizes patients >4 hours per day.

Lifts, positions, pushes, pulls and/or transfers up to and greater than 50 pounds.

Manual dexterity and mobility.

Bending, squatting, twisting, turning.

Near acuity: ability to see clearly at 20 inches or less.


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