Emergency Department Nurse - Seattle Capitol Hill -Evening Shift

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additional pay benefits of the new contract for seiu represented roles, full and part time (can be stacked):

• $2.00/hour acute care premium (urgent care, perioperative services and capitol hill inpatient unit)

• $2.00/hour location premium for onsite work at bellevue medical center and capitol hill campus

provide nursing care to a defined group of patients, adhering to kaiser foundation health plan of washington ambulatory nursing care standards, the nursing code of ethics and kaiser foundation health plan of washington policies. Coordinate and facilitate health care services for the patient in other segments of the health care delivery system. Provide and coordinate nursing care for the patient in collaboration with the health care team.

The registered nurse is an integral member of the health care team, overseeing and participating in patient assessment and the formulation and implementation of the care plan.

the urgent care rn will provide care in a fast‑paced, high‑acuity environment that acts similarly to a free‑standing emergency department. Patient populations will include all ages, from neonates to geriatrics. Care will also include a large variety of chief complaints ranging from neurological, cardiac, and minor injury or illness. Ability to quickly prioritize and use critical thinking and clinical judgement to provide emergent and urgent care.

Ability to work collaboratively with providers and other urgent care staff to provide high‑quality patient care.

• using the nursing process, provide ongoing assessment of the nursing care needs of a defined group of patients. Use nursing diagnosis to describe this assessment. Develop a written plan of care for patient care needs. Assist patients and families/significant others in developing health care goals which are part of the individualized plan of care. Determine priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs and available resources.
  
  Provide nursing interventions safely and competently. Provide the patient and family/significant others with information preceding interventions. Provide telephone consultation to patients and family/significant others. Provide ongoing evaluation of the patients response to care. Anticipate and recognize changes in the patients status and need for nursing care. Modify the individual plan of care in collaboration with the health care team.
• demonstrate understanding of the physiologic and psychological effects of normal aging by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care to meet the needs of those populations served. Demonstrate effective communication skills with those specific age populations served. Identify own learning needs and participate in educational programs related to those age‑specific patient populations served (neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, geriatric). Collaborate, communicate and coordinate with other health care team members in planning and implementing care.
  
  Assess the needs of designated patients requiring hospitalization; initiate nursing admission database and discharge planning in collaboration with inpatient staff and physician. Cooperate and communicate effectively with other team members to accomplish the workload.
• communicate recognition of the patients and family/significant others psychosocial, cultural and emotional needs in each nurse‑patient interaction. Orient patients and family/significant others to the role of the professional nurse and other health care team members, the nursing services available, and the means of access to those services. Reinforce orientation to the consumer bill of rights and responsibilities. Identify the patients educational needs as part of the nursing assessment.
  
  Develop an educational component for each nursing care plan. Provide teaching/counseling congruent with patients and family/significant others learning needs and the medical plan of care. Encourage patient compliance with therapeutic and medical regimens. Teaching is based on…