Registered Nurse; RN - Emergency Department

Position Details

Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

The RN Clinical Nurse Emergency Department is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed caregivers who ensure that patients, families, and significant others receive individualized, high‑quality, safe patient care. The nurse practices in a clinical environment administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders, supported through the Wellstar Shared Governance Model. The framework for practice is steered by the Wellstar Professional Practice Model and evidence‑based practice and research.

RN competencies are derived from these models and supported by the Wellstar Values.

• Exemplary Practice and Outcomes
  • Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence‑based practice, analytical/critical thinking, and ensures that care is individualized; coordinates care through effective partnerships recognizing that caring is central to achieving optimal patient care outcomes.
  • Provides relationship‑based patient‑centered care that is consistent with population‑specific characteristics (e.g., age, gender, disease, etc.) in a manner that adapts service delivery to reflect an understanding of cultural diversity.
  • Always partners with the patient and significant others (as appropriate) using appropriate methods for setting and purpose (e.g., bedside shift report; interdisciplinary rounds; just‑in‑time and planned patient teaching; keeping the patient and significant others updated and making the patient’s goals the focus of the plan of care).
  • Practices using current clinical practice standards.
• Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model, including diverse and inclusive interdisciplinary communication methods (interdisciplinary rounds, case review, etc.) and completion of timely documentation.
  • Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a manner that is fiscally responsible and promotes the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members.
  • Participates and supports performance improvement inclusive of all stakeholders, research utilization, and interdisciplinary processes; actively supports/participates in shared governance at all system levels.
• Professional Development and Initiative
  • Completes all initial and ongoing professional competency assessment, required mandatory education, and population‑specific education.
  • Serves as a preceptor and/or mentor for other professional nurses (and staff or students for all disciplines) to ensure a current and future qualified workforce; models professional nursing practice and creates a healthy work environment.
• Evidence Based Practice and Research
  • Promotes evidence based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement in nursing; participates in activities such as value analysis as part of decision‑making processes in evaluating patient care products.
  • Upholds all health care system/organizational policies, procedures, and clinical competencies, including legal, regulatory, and accreditation requirements and standards such as TJC Patient Safety Goals and Wellstar Health Systems safety absolutes.
  • Participates in data collection, poses relevant clinical questions to advanced evidence‑based practice, consults appropriate experts, and uses appropriate resources and evidence to address practice questions.
• Resources and Support
  • Proactively plans for the care of patients across the care continuum while giving direct patient care.
  • Participates in the development of protocols and procedures when called upon or through self‑initiation in collaboration with care managers and other members of the health care team to achieve best‑practice outcomes (e.g., decrease in readmission rates; avoidable days; adverse events).
  • Supports efficient and effective use of human and material resources.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.