Registered Nurse

Travel Nurses, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Emergency Room in Washington. This role involves providing direct patient care, triaging patients, and ensuring optimal outcomes in a fast-paced environment. Candidates must be graduates of accredited nursing schools with current RN licenses and relevant certifications. Join a team dedicated to quality patient care and safety.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program with a current RN license.
• Certifications required within specified timeframes after hire.
• Ability to perform assessments and triage patients effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care and evaluates outcomes.
• Uses triage processes to ensure timely care to patients.
• Documents patient histories and treatment responses accurately.

Skills

Patient Care

Triage

Communication

Assessment

Pain Management

Education

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing

Current RN license within the state of practice

AHA ACLS Certified

TNCC Certification

NRP Certification

AHA PALS Certification

Job description

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** It is required to be onsite for this role in Republic, WA**

Registered Nurse - ER

Provides direct and indirect patient care in the emergency, acute care, outpatient, and swing bed care setting. Provides care that reflects initiative, flexibility and responsibility indicative of professional expectation with a minimum of supervision. Is able to triage patients safely, rapidly and accurately, when they enter the emergency care department. Determines priorities of care based on physical and psychosocial needs, as well as factors influencing patient flow through the system. Communicates with the attending provider about changes in patient's status, symptomatology and results of diagnostic studies. Is able to respond quickly and accurately to changes in condition or response to treatment.

Job Responsibilities:

· Provides direct patient care, evaluates outcomes, consults with other staff as required and adjusts nursing care processes as indicated to ensure optimal patient care.

· Completes orientation packet and checklist as assigned.

· Cross trains to learn the use of any new equipment.

· Ability to perform a head-to-toe assessment on all patients and reassessments as per policy. This includes pediatric, adolescent and geriatric patients and the general patient population.

· Uses triage process to ensure timely and appropriate care to patients. Accurately assigns triage categories.

· Ability to adequately assess and reassess pain. Utilizes appropriate pain management techniques. Educates the patient and family regarding pain management. Documents pain assessments and re-assessment consistently in the electronic health record (EHR).

· Ability to monitor hemodynamic status of patient and correctly interpret results.

· Demonstrates knowledge of cardiac monitoring identifies dysrhythmias and treats appropriately.

· Ability to perform waived testing (point-of-care testing) per Clinical Laboratory’s and the patient care unit’s policies and procedures.

· Ability to interpret the results of waived tests; takes appropriate action on waived test results.

· Maintains current knowledge of medications and their correct administration based on age of the patient and his/her clinical condition.

· Follows the seven (7) medication rights and reduces the potential for medication errors.

· Prepares, hangs, monitors and discontinues IV fluids with aseptic technique

· Maintains accurate and continued nursing documentation including patient histories, conditions, treatments, responses and assessment of changes.

· Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.

· Follows Provider orders from the electronic medical record consistently.

· Supports and maintains a culture of safety and quality.

· Treats patients and their families with respect and dignity. Identifies and addresses psychosocial, cultural, ethnic and religious/spiritual needs of patients and family. Functions as liaison between administration, patients, physicians and other healthcare providers.

· Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and the skills necessary to provide age-appropriate care to the patients served. Able to interpret data about the patient’s status in order to identify each patient’s age specific needs and provide care needed by the patient group.

· Interacts professionally with patient and family and involves patient and family in the formation of the plan of care.

· Perform related duties as assigned by management.

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements

· Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.

· Current RN license within the state of practice.

· AHA ACLS Certified within six (6) months of hire.

· TNCC within six (6) months of hire

· NRP within 1 year of hire.

· AHA PALS within six (6) months of hire.

• Ask about pay, benefits, sign-on bonus and relocation assistance in your interview

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

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