RN - Specialty II - ER - FT - 7a-7p - MHM

Provides direct patient care in an Emergency Department specialty unit with a focus on evidence-based nursing practice and patient/family-centered care. Responsibilities include evaluating learning needs of patients and families and providing culturally appropriate education; collaborating across disciplines to coordinate care, including disposition, referrals, and psychosocial/spiritual support; planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care based on assessments to optimize outcomes; monitoring and documenting patient condition and communicating changes; effectively delegating tasks to ancillary staff; and may precept student nurses and new hires. Requires strong accountability, customer service, organizational skills, knowledge of disease processes, and commitment to patient safety and standards of behavior.