Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

SSM Health; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Wentzville is seeking a PRN Registered Nurse to provide direct nursing care in environments requiring complex assessments and interventions.

The RN will collect and analyze patient data, triage to prioritize care, implement care plans, educate patients and families, and ensure evidence-based practice in emergency settings. No prior experience required; Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin licenses accepted.

Qualifications

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing
• No experience required

Responsibilities

• Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patient’s health.
• Triages patients to prioritize immediate care.
• Analyzes assessment data to determine diagnoses.
• Implements and coordinates care to promote safety.
• Evaluates progress toward outcomes.
• Communicates effectively across practice settings.
• Demonstrates leadership in practice.
• Applies evidence-based practice to emergency nursing.

Skills

Nursing assessment

Patient communication

Care planning

Emergency care

Education

Graduate of accredited nursing school

Job description

It\'s more than a career, it\'s a calling MO-SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Wentzville

Worker Type: PRN1

Job Highlights: Schedule: PRN as needed

Job Summary: Provides direct nursing care in settings where patients require complex assessments and intervention, in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements: PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the health care consumer\'s health and/or situation.


• Triages each health care consumer utilizing age, developmentally appropriate, and culturally sensitive practices to prioritize and optimize health care consumer flow, expediting those health care consumers who require immediate care.


• Analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnosis or issues.


• Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the health care consumer or the situation.


• Implements, coordinates, and educates, to promote health and a safe practice environment.


• Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes.


• Communicates effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice.


• Demonstrates leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession.


• Attains knowledge and competence that reflect current nursing practice.


• Applies the existing body of evidence-based practice and scientific knowledge in health care to Emergency Nursing practice, ensuring that nursing care is delivered based on patient\'s age-specific needs and clinical needs as described in the department\'s Scope of Service.


• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.


• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing or education equivalency for licensing

EXPERIENCE

• No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Constant use of speech to share information through oral communication.


• Constant standing and walking.


• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.


• Frequent sitting, reaching and keyboard use/data entry.


• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.


• Frequent use of smell to detect/recognize odors.


• Frequent use of hearing to receive oral communication, distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.


• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.


• Occasional lifting/moving of patients.


• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting, gripping and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.


• Occasional driving.


• Rare crawling and running.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

State of Work Location: Illinois

• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)


• And Registered Professional Nurse (RN) - Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)


• And Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)


• Or Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)


• Or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy Pediatrics (AAP)


• Or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)


• Or Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)


• Or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

State of Work Location: Missouri

• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)


• And Registered Nurse (RN) - Missouri Division of Professional Registration


• Or Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State


• And Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)


• Or Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)


• Or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy Pediatrics (AAP)


• Or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)


• Or Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)


• Or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

State of Work Location: Oklahoma

• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)


• And Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State


• And Registered Nurse (RN) - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN)


• And Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)


• Or Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)


• Or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy Pediatrics (AAP)


• Or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)


• Or Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)


• Or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

State of Work Location: Wisconsin

• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)


• And Registered Nurse (RN) Issued by Compact State


• Or Registered Nurse (RN) - Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services


• And Advanced Life Support (ALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)


• Or Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)


• Or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - American Academy Pediatrics (AAP)


• Or Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association (AHA)


• Or Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) - Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)


• Or Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Essentials - American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Work Shift: Variable Shift (United States of America)

Job Type: Employee

Department: Emergency Dept WZ

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 0

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