Registered Nurse RN Emergency Dept Shifts vary

Qualifications

• Education:
  
  Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing. Current licensure in the State of Arkansas. Proficient oral and written communication skills.
• Training and
  
  Experience:
  
  Individualized orientation period of no less than 2 weeks and generally no greater than 3 months.
• Job Knowledge:
  Ability to practice nursing as described by the following definition: "The diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or potential health alterations.” Ability to utilize the nursing process in the provision of nursing care including but not limited to administering prescribed treatments, medications and diagnostic tests, formulating a plan of care using the problem list, collaborating with other health care providers and providing education to patients and/or significant others.
• Safety Sensitive: YES

In the interest of protecting the health and safety of all patients, associates, and guests, Unity Health has classified some positions as “safety sensitive.” A “safety sensitive” position is any job position in which impaired performance could result in harm to the health and/or safety of self or others. Any associate that is actively engaged in the use of medical marijuana, even if in possession of a valid medical marijuana card, will be excluded from employment in a “safety sensitive” position.

Responsible for the delivery of patient care through the nursing process of assessment, identification of nursing problems, implementation, and evaluation. Collaborates with other professional disciplines to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of desired patient outcomes. Serves as a resource nurse when oriented and so directed. Supports the organization’s mission, vision and values. Applies knowledge of patient’s age and cultural diversity, along with their spiritual and emotional needs into the provision of patient care.

Contributes to the provision of quality nursing care through performance improvement techniques that demonstrate positive outcomes in patient care.

• Maintains good physical and emotional well-being. Job responsibilities require a considerable amount of physical work.
• Assists with lifting and moving patients, pushing of carts, wheelchairs, and other equipment; lifting or pushing up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to bend over to perform duties (e.g., check chest tube drainage, check urinary output).
• Ability to maneuver throughout hallways, stairways, and patient rooms in response to hospital emergencies.
• Requires visual and auditory abilities for interpretation of environmental input. Significant writing and computer entry is required.
• Frequent trips to various departments; some exposure to malodorous, infectious body fluids and to cleansing agents; exposure to infectious wastes and body fluids may require gloves, masks, gowns, and goggles.