RN ED - NIGHTS

Position Summary

Essential Functions (Responsibilities/Accountabilities)

• Correctly triages, assigns triage category, and recognizes life threatening situations immediately.
• Prioritizes patient care according to severity of presenting compliant.
• Identifies and communicates unusual or abnormal assessments of patient care problems to the Coordinator/Manager.
• Safely and accurately administers all medications within the acceptable limits of professional judgment according to policy. (Consider the severity of any medication administration incident reports.)
• Demonstrates appropriate skills for patients requiring resuscitation for cardiac and/or respiratory arrest.
• Quickly and efficiently sets up for monitoring, pacing and defibrillation, when appropriate.
• Demonstrates appropriate medication management skills to care for patients requiring cardiac pacing, cardioversion, or artificial ventilatory assistance.
• Properly and accurately sets up for emergency procedures such as lumbar puncture, chest tubes and arterial lines.
• Properly and accurately sets up ventilatory assistive devices, BIPAP/CPAP and Ventilator.