Emergency Department RN
Gardner, MA
Travel Nurses, Inc.
3x12 hrs

Registered Nurse, Emergency Department

Location: Gardner, Massachusetts
Employment Type: Contract
Hours: 36 hours/week
Shift: 3p-3a, every other weekend, every other holiday
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Overview

Registered Nurse role in the Emergency Department.

Required Qualifications

• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Valid RN license in Massachusetts
• BLS issued by American Heart Association
• ED - Emergency Department experience within the last year
• ED - Emergency Department (1 year of experience)

Preferred Qualifications

• BS in nursing
• 3-5 years ED experience
• TNCC
• ENPC
• CEN

Key Responsibilities

• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates nursing interventions and plans of care
• Provides patient care based on standards, protocols, and established policies and procedures
• Provides patient/family teaching and discharge preparation
• Delegates and supervises nursing interventions performed by others
• Prioritizes patient care and responds to emergencies as needed
• Documents patient data, interventions, and responses
• Gives timely report to other health care team members
• Promotes learning for colleagues and self
• Identifies patient safety risks and opportunities to reduce errors
• Safely administers medications and intravenous therapy
• Assesses and reassesses pain
• Performs initial assessment and triage
• Identifies patients at risk for abuse and initiates safety plans
• Completes mandated reporting and collects forensic evidence per policy
• Maintains knowledge of disaster policy and procedure
• Identifies patients at risk for violent behavior and implements non-violent intervention
• Recognizes abnormal laboratory and diagnostic results and notifies the physician
• Safely administers vasoactive medications
• Performs accurate and timely identification of cardiac arrhythmias
• Institutes, monitors, and documents thrombolytic and anticoagulation therapy
• Supports initiation and maintenance of the intubated patient
• Interprets arterial blood gases, pulse oximetry, and clinical features of impaired gas exchange or airway clearance
• Completes medication reconciliation documentation
• Implements components of the VAP bundle and escalates deviations for review