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Registered Nurse - Emergency Dept. (south campus)

Opelousas General Health System
Posted 7 days ago, valid for 17 days
Location

Opelousas, LA, US

Salary

Competitive

Contract type

Full Time

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  • Under the direction of the Emergency Services Manager, the role involves providing direct nursing care to patients using the nursing process and performing technical nursing functions.
  • The position requires an Associate's degree in nursing, with a Bachelor's degree preferred, and a Louisiana RN license along with CPR certification, while ACLS and PALS certifications are preferred.
  • Candidates should have at least one year of RN experience, current knowledge of emergency services, and the ability to operate complex medical equipment.
  • The job entails maintaining patient confidentiality, collaborating with healthcare teams, and providing patient education, while also acting as a patient advocate.
  • The salary for this position is competitive, although specific figures are not mentioned in the description.
Under direction of the Emergency Services Manager, provides direct nursing care to patients utilizing the nursing process, performs technical nursing functions and upholds the standard of practice of a professional nurse.


Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • • Utilizes the nursing process as the basis for nursing care.
    • Provides patient care relative to operating room nursing practice.
    • Performs nursing functions, applying professional skills; pre-operative; intra-operative; post-operative.
    • Documents and maintains date on patient’s record.
    • Maintains safe environment, equipment, supplies, asepsis.
    • Applies basic teaching / learning concepts to patient education.
    • Provides for life support.
    • Acts as a patient advocate.
    • Cooperates as a member of the nursing unit, department and overall hospital team.
    • Participates in performance improvement.
    • Delegates and / or supervises aspects of care to team members and reviews completion.
    • Performs related work as required.
    • Communicates pertinent data to appropriate parties.
    • Maintains patient confidentiality.
    • Conducts himself/herself effectively in stressful situations.
    • Approaches situations with distressed patients, families, and visitors in a calm, professional manner.
    • Collaborates with physicians and nurses to devise individualized care plans for patients.
    • Properly assesses and manages patient populations with appropriate intervention.
    • Administers intravenous medications and / or parenteral nutrition.
    • Administers blood products and evaluates patient response..

Education: Associate's degree in nursing required. Bachelor's degree from accredited school of Nursing preferred.  

Certification/License: Louisiana RN license required.  CPR required.  ACLS and PALS preferred.

Additional Experience Preferred
• One year of RN experience preferred.
• Current knowledge of emergency services
• Ability to operate and handle many kinds of complex equipment.
• Ability to demonstrate clinical competence and maintain current knowledge in caring for adolescent through geriatric patients.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Knowledge of theory, principles, techniques, and practice of professional nursing; of scientific principles and nursing research; of preparation, administration, and actions of medications; of treatments and medical procedures; of counseling and teaching techniques; of medical equipment as it relates to patient care.
• ACLS and PALS certification preferred.


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