Registered Nurse - Emergency Department
Company: Intermountain Healthcare
Location: Logan
Posted on: May 17, 2023
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Job Description:
Job Description:
The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes
responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning,
implementing and evaluating care of patients. The staff RN utilizes
the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention,
evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health
team members.
Job Essentials
Assess:
Performs appropriate assessment of physical, social, and
psychological status (including cognitive, communicative and
developmental skills as appropriate).
Seeks and evaluates information acquired from other members of
interdisciplinary team: patient, family, physician, non-nursing
disciplines, support staff, others.
Plan:
Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to
collaboratively develop individualized plan of care.
Actively seeks patient, family, team, and physician involvement to
develop plan of care including needed education.
Collaboratively plans and prepares patients for further support
needs once the current episode of care outcomes are met (i.e.,
teaching, referrals, and follow-up).
Implement:
Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation,
coordination and collaboration as appropriate.
Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines
of care and professional licensure provisions.
Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and
organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time,
supplies, and resources.
Evaluate:
Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of
achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient and family
satisfaction.
Revises plan of care as indicated, and reassesses changes as
appropriate.
Professionalism:
Promotes nursing profession and participate in development of
others.
Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice: complies with
regulatory standards, practices within scope of licensure, provides
accurate & timely documentation, and understands legal implications
of care delivery.
Minimum Qualifications
Current RN License in state of practice.
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Basic Life Support (BLS)
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Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS)
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Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
(Applicants must either have required additional certifications
(e.g. ACLS, PALs, NRP) upon hire or must obtain them within a
specified timeframe determined by service line and department
guidelines.)
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Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in
writing.
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Basic computer skills.
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RNs with less than 12 months of working experience as an RN prior
to joining Intermountain must obtain their BSN within five years of
their start date.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN). Education must be obtained from
an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.
Physical Requirements:
Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels,
assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and
supplies.
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Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and
visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as
hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues
quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency
situations.
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Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and
delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes
frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care,
accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
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Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer
patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and
equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and
including heavy items.
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Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and
obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes
pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy
items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of
equipment, power cords on the floor, etc).
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May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended
period of time.
Location:
Logan Regional Hospital
Work City:
Logan
Work State:
Utah
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
24
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly
rate dependent upon experience.
$31.61 - $47.42
We care about your well-being - mind, body, and spirit - which is
why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that
covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of
wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected,
and engaged. Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package
and our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion .
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