RN-Emergency Department Job Description
RN-Emergency Department Duties & Responsibilities
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RN-Emergency Department Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for RN-Emergency Department
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BLS, PALS, ACLS, TNCC, NIHSS, ENPC, NRP, ATCN, EKG, NIH
Education for RN-Emergency Department
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Employers hiring for the rn-emergency department job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Nursing, Science, Associate Degrees, Graduate, School of Nursing, Education, Computer, Healthcare, Emergency Medicine, Nursing Program
Skills for RN-Emergency Department
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RN-Emergency Department Examples
RN-Emergency Department Job Description
- Participates in shared decision making
- Care Delivery System
- Implements purposeful plan of care, reflecting the uniqueness of each patient
- Evaluates patient outcomes and response to care, revising plan as needed
- Educates patient/family according to assessed need using mutual participation model
- Participate in the planning, implementation and evaluation of quality improvement activities within department, health system and/or community
- Performs nursing activities in accordance with Hospital policies and procedures, Michigan Public Health Code and ANA Scope & Standards of Practice
- Demonstrates knowledge and use of unit-specific equipment and appropriate supplies used to deliver the highest quality patient care
- Provides a safe environment for patient, family, and all other caregivers
- Supports the development of self and other Associates and students through mentoring, preceptorship and peer review
- ICU or telemetry experience
- Certification in Emergency Nursing or Critical Care nursing
- Physically able to do lifting, moving and transporting of patients
- 2 years of ER Nursing Experience required
- 2 years ER RN expereince
- Certification in Emergency Nursing or Critical Care
RN-Emergency Department Job Description
- Utilizes current evidence and research in practice
- Develops and maintains a professional relationship with members of the health care team, the patient and the patient's family
- Delegates, directs and supervises implementation of care plan to LPN, PCT, or other health care workers
- Uses the nursing process to provide care for any patient presenting to the department
- Fairview Southdale Hospital Emergency Department is part of the seven county metropolitan-wide emergency medical service network
- The Emergency Department consists of 44 multifunctional private rooms
- The Emergency Department has both an ambulatory and EMS/ambulance entrance
- The department is a Level 3 Trauma Center
- The Fairview Ridges (located in Burnsville, MN) ER processes 66,000 cases per year, with an average of 181 patients seen daily
- Accountable for safety, identify and corrects problem, and integrate evidence, and best practice into nursing care
- One year of RN experience in an Emergency Department setting OR an immersion/capstone experience of 200+ hours in an Emergency Department
- ACLS within six (6) months of start date and must maintain recognition
- Mobile Intensive Care Nurse Certification (MICN) within one (1) year of start date and must maintain recognition
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) recognition within six (6) months of start date and must maintain recognition
- Two years emergency room experience preferred, or candidates with relevant critical care experience may be considered
- Outstanding benefits that start the same day you do
RN-Emergency Department Job Description
- Unencumbered RN license in state(s) of hire, and wherever care is delivered
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 90 days of hire
- Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC) within 6 months upon hire
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) within 6 months upon hire
- Sugar Temperature Airway Blood pressure Labwork and Emotional responsibility (STABLE) within 6 months upon hire
- 1 year experience in Acute care experience working with the patient population similar to department of hire or completion of the specialty residency located at that facility
- Basic Life Support (BLS) AHA required
- PALS, ACLS, & CPI within 6 months of hire
- One year acute care Emergency Room (ER) Registered Nurse (RN) experience within the last three years preferred
- You need to be licensed as an RN in Maryland (or other Nurse Licensure Compact state) and have your American Heart Association BLS/CPR and ACLS
- You will need to have your Associates’ Degree in Nursing
- At a minimum, we need you to have 1+ years’ experience in a fast-paced Emergency Department with critical and non-critical patients
RN-Emergency Department Job Description
- Emergency Department RN experience strongly preferred
- Must practice on-stage and off-stage behaviors consistently and appropriately
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) card must be from American Heart Association (AHA) upon hire
- 1 year experience in an acute care hospital preferred unless hired as an intern or fellow
- Unencumbered Registered Nurse (RN) license in Washington
- Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) certificate
- Minimum of 2 years in an Emergency setting preferred
- ACLS, PALS & CPI within 6 months of hire
- ACLS obtained by the end of orientation
- Must have at least one year RN Emergency Department experience or recent Emergency Department Tech experience (within the past year)
- Must possess behaviors consistent with established Fairview code of conduct
- Requires ability to provide written validation of current basic life support competency
RN-Emergency Department Job Description
- Must have at least two years current RN Emergency Department
- At least 12 months of acute care nursing experience
- Recent Emergency Department nursing experience highly preferred
- Current California Registered Nurse (RN) licensure
- ACLS, PALS, & CPI required within 6 months
- ACLS, PALS, & CPI required within 6 months of hire
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) within 6 months of hire
- Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course (ENPC) within 6 months of hire
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) upon hire
- Must have at least three years current RN Emergency Department
- Must have Emergency Department Charge Nurse experience
- ACLS certification must be completed prior to end of orientation