Registered Nurse (Emergency Department)

Quick Facts

• Role: Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department (Full Time, Nights)
• Focus: Acute care nursing using the nursing process (assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, evaluation)

Description

This role provides clinically competent registered nursing care to acutely ill patients in an Emergency Department setting. The nurse prescribes, delegates, and coordinates care through assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation, while interacting effectively with patients, families, and the health care team.

Responsibilities

• Collects and analyzes patient data to identify outcomes, develop individualized plans, coordinate care delivery, and evaluate progress
• Directs patient care and determines appropriate utilization of any assistant involved in direct patient care
• Collaborates with patients, families, physicians, and ancillary staff to create a documented, outcome-focused plan of care
• Evaluates and documents patient responses to nursing interventions in the health record and individualizes the plan based on findings
• Utilizes best available evidence, including research findings, to guide practice decisions
• Participates in shared governance, committee work, and unit projects

Requirements

• BSN
• Current State of Illinois Registered Professional Nurse license
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to collaborate with others
• Strong analytic abilities
• ADN acceptable with commitment to obtain a BSN within three years of first day of employment in the clinical nurse role

Benefits

• Wide range of benefits to support employees’ physical, emotional, and financial well-being and protect for unexpected life events
• Benefits details available via the employer benefits page; eligibility varies by employment classification
• Sign-on bonus eligibility may apply; internal employees and rehires who left within 1 year are not eligible (exception: new graduate internal employees seeking first licensed clinical RN position may be eligible)