Emergency Room Nurse Job Description
Emergency room nurse
provides for personal care needs and safety needs of patients for patients of all ages under the supervision of licensed nursing staff.
Emergency Room Nurse Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective emergency room nurse job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included emergency room nurse job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Providing ongoing assessment of their condition, immediate interventions and discharge teaching
Make quick and accurate assessments about incoming patients, including both physical and mental health conditions
Identify the medical problem
Document medical history
Check for any allergies and current medications
Obtain height, weight, body temperature, heart rate and blood pressure
Move patients
Take blood samples
Clean and bandage wounds
Work with cardiac medications/ drips
Emergency Room Nurse Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Emergency Room Nurse
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ACLS, PALS, BLS, TNCC, AB508, BCLS, BSN, NIHSS, NIH, ONCC
Education for Emergency Room Nurse
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the emergency room nurse job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Associate and Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, School of Nursing, Associates, Science, Graduate, Education, Nursing Program, Department of Education, Nursing Education, Patient Care
Skills for Emergency Room Nurse
Desired skills for emergency room nurse include:
Human growth and development
Universal precautions
Assessment
Range of treatment and care of patients
Range of treatment
Body substance isolation
Care of patients appropriate to the ages of patients served as per Scope of Service
Care of patients appropriate to the ages of patients served
Federal
JCAHO regulations
Desired experience for emergency room nurse includes:
Care for medical post op patients
Maintaining proper supplies of medical equipment
Move patients and take blood samples
Clean and bandaging wounds
Take blood samples and cleaning and bandage wounds
Administer medications and maintain proper supplies of medical equipment
Emergency Room Nurse Examples
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Emergency Room Nurse Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of emergency room nurse. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for emergency room nurse
- Taking exceptional care of people by providing and coordinating the delivery care to the ER population using Advanced Nursing process, practicing within a collaborative arrangement and according to nursing care standards
- Modeling service excellence through leadership
- Promoting collaborative relationships between the hospital and all customers
- Promoting the safety and well-being of patients
- Striving for continuous improvement results that meet or exceed expectations
- Ensuring that clinical support crosses the patient care experience
- Knowledgeable / Supportive of ED Metrics
- Knowledgeable of Front End Process and appropriate use of time stamps
- Possesses the ability to monitor, care for and document for patients receiving Conscientious Sedation
- Achieve Triage Training within 6 months of hire
Qualifications for emergency room nurse
- A minimum of 1-year emergency room or ICU year experience required or at Director’s Discretion
- Current American Heart Association ACLS required
- Current American Heart Association PALS required
- Current Assaultive Behavior Management course completion
- NIH Stroke Scale Certification must be complete within 90 days of hire or transfer date
- Emergency Room experience preferred
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Emergency Room Nurse Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for an emergency room nurse. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for emergency room nurse
- Maintain the same standards of care for ICU/Med-Surg patients held in the ED
- Maintains positive relationships, both formal and informal
- Ability to multitask in a fast paced environment while delivering quality patient care
- Collect, read, and interpret assigned patient’s health history
- Create and implement care plans in collaboration with other care team members
- Administer medications to patients and educate caregivers when necessary
Qualifications for emergency room nurse
- CPI certification required within 90 days of hire and annually
- Minimum of one-year experience in Emergency Department
- Minimum of one year experience as an ER RN
- One year Emergency Department or Critical Care Nursing experience (preferred)
- Georgia Registered Nurse (RN) license is required
- Basic Life Support (BLS) issued by the American Heart Association is required
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Emergency Room Nurse Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of emergency room nurse. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for emergency room nurse
- NRP (MCMC, CPMC) Certification on hire or within 6 months of hire/transfer
- CPI (Crisis Prevention Institute) Certification on hire or within 6 months of hire/transfer
- Physically and mentally capable to satisfy job requirement
- Associate degree from accredited school of Nursing
- Georgia (or compact) Registered Nurse (RN) license
- Basic Life Support (BLS) issued by the American Heart Association
Qualifications for emergency room nurse
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) issued by the American Heart Association is required - candidate is able to obtain this within one year of start date
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) issued by the American Heart Association is required - candidate is able to obtain this within one year of start date
- Minimum one year experience as Emergency Room Nurse
- ACLS required within 1 year of hire/transfer
- PALS required within 1 year of hire/transfer
- CPI certification required within 90 days of hire/transfer
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Emergency Room Nurse Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for an emergency room nurse. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for emergency room nurse
- Emergency room experience required
- 1 or more years recent clinical experience in Critical Care Nursing with Emergency Nursing preferred
- American Heart Association BLS (within 90 days of employment), ACLS & PALS (within 6 months of hire)
- 1 year clinical RN experience nursing experience preferred
- Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for assigned patient
- Meeting the Standards of Practice for the Emergency Department (ED) and managing all assigned personnel, supplies and equipment
Qualifications for emergency room nurse
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) issued by the American Heart Association
- Trauma Nursing core course, preferred
- BLS – Healthcare provider required on hire
- ACLS Certification required within 6 months of hire/transfer
- PALS Certification required within 6 months of hire/transfer
- NRP Certification required within 6 months of hire/transfer
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Emergency Room Nurse Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of emergency room nurse. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for emergency room nurse
- Current Utah State RN license or compact license
- Current Alaska State RN license or compact license
- Current Idaho State RN license or compact license
- Current California State RN license or compact license
- Current Nevada State RN license or compact license
- 2 years Emergency (ED) experience
Qualifications for emergency room nurse
- BLS, ACLS, PALS, TNCC required upon hire
- Georgia RN licensure compact licensure is required
- One to two years clinical nursing
- Participate in coordination of care with ED management staff, team leader, physicians, department staff and ancillary services
- TNCC within 6 months of hire/transfer
- 1+ Years Acute care experience, Emergency strongly preferred