Registered Nurse or LPN (ED Dept) (7p-7a) - Sylvania, GA
On-siteSylvania, Georgia, United States
Job Summary
Provide primary care to patients in the Emergency Department, including assessment, treatment, care planning, and medical care evaluation. Obtain patient consent, document health history and vital signs, and execute prescribed treatments and medication administration. Educate patients and families on health status and condition management while participating in multidisciplinary teams to improve care processes. Monitor treatment progress, track quality assurance data, and delegate tasks as allowed under the Nurse Practice Act. Maintain current state registered nurse license and CPR certificate. Full-time 7pm to 7am shift with a $8k sign-on bonus for LPNs and $10k for RNs requiring a two-year commitment.
Required Qualifications
- RN
- Completion of nursing training from an accredited school of nursing
- Minimum one year of professional nursing experience
- Current state registered nurse license
- Current CPR certificate
- Knowledge of nursing processes
- Knowledge of health care systems, structure, and functions
- Knowledge of community resources
- Understanding of health care technology, equipment, and supplies
- Familiarity with state law on nursing care
- Familiarity with nurse practice guidelines
- Familiarity with clinic policies and procedures
- Knowledge of wellness/illness, growth and development, human behavior, psychosocial factors, and alternative health care treatments
- Knowledge of chart/medical record documentation requirements
- Knowledge of federal/state laws related to release of health care information
- Skill in time management
- Skill in problem solving
- Skill in multitasking
- Skill in prioritizing
- Skill in medical care coordination
- Skill in initiating appropriate crisis interventions
- Skill in emergency response
- Skill in patient triage in person and on the phone
- Ability to analyze options
- Ability to counsel patients and families about choices
- Ability to make referrals to other providers and resources
- Ability to engage clients and families in the development and implementation of a care plan
- Ability to read and interpret physicians' orders
- Ability to read and interpret notes from other providers
- Ability to calculate and administer drug dosages
- Ability to administer injections
- Ability to measure results
- Ability to use standard nursing equipment and supplies
- Ability to use assistive devices such as walkers, wheelchairs, ventilators, pulse oximetry units, and oxygen tanks
- Ability to use computer
- Ability to stand
- Ability to walk
- Ability to bend
- Ability to grasp
- Ability to manipulate
- Ability to squat
- Ability to lift patient during transfer/turn process with or without assistance
Desired Qualifications
- BSN preferred
- Clinic experience preferred
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