Registered Nurse; RN - Emergency Room​/Medical Unit; PRN

Job Category: Non-supervisory

Requisition Number: REGIS
001641

Posted: January 6, 2025

Part-Time

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Summary: Provides nursing care to emergency room patients and outpatients in a safe and professional manner, utilizing established policies and procedures, physician orders, protocols, standards of care, ACLS, PALS and TNCC.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• General:
  • Adherence to hospital and departmental policies and procedures
  • Promotes the mission of Crawford County Memorial Hospital
  • Provides quality care
  • Demonstrates values and behaviors according to Values Statement
• Specific:
  • Provides care to all emergency patients and outpatients including administering medications, IV’s and treatments.
  • Document care provided and patient’s response to care.
  • Assess and provide patient and family teaching as needs arise.
  • Collaborate with other members of the healthcare team/other departments.
  • Assists and participates in QAPI activities.
  • Recognizes self-learning needs and is accountable for maximizing professional growth and development and optimal emergency nursing practice.
  • Ensures that supplies and equipment are readily available and in working order. Orders and restocks supplies as needed.
  • Completes charge sheets on patients and ensures that charges are accurate and reflect the care that the patient received.
  • Adheres to safety and confidentiality policies.
  • Supports customer service.
  • Assists in other departments as needed.
  • Schedules outpatient procedures, which may include setting up time with patient, ensuring adequate diagnosis and orders are on order sheet and ensuring labs are completed when required.
  • Act as resource person/supervisor for activities/patient care performed by EMS staff working in the Emergency Department.
  • Triages each patient and determines priority of care based on assessment and analyzes the factors influencing patient flow through the emergency care system.
  • Performs accurate initial and ongoing assessments of patients.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Nursing assessment and documentation skills
• Displays flexibility, innovation, and adaptation to change in order to best serve patient’s needs
• Interpersonal relationship skills
• Skills in problem-solving
• Ability to assess situations and prioritize

Education/Certification Requirements:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with current licensure as an RN in the State of Iowa or a compact state
• BLS - within one month of employment in the Emergency Room
• ACLS
• TNCC – within one year of employment in the Emergency Room