ER RN
Merced, CA
Care Career
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive nursing care to emergency patients in a 33-room Emergency Department.
• Perform rapid triage, initial assessment, ongoing reassessment, and prioritization of patients based on acuity.
• Care for approximately 210 patients per day across the department.
• Manage patients with routine and complex emergency conditions, including cardiac, neurological, respiratory, trauma, and other acute presentations.
• Recognize and respond to signs of clinical deterioration and initiate appropriate emergency interventions.
• Care for patients requiring cardiac monitoring using GE telemetry.
• Administer medications, IV fluids, and treatments safely according to provider orders and hospital protocols.
• Perform and/or assist with EKGs and other emergency diagnostic procedures.
• Monitor and document patient responses to treatments and interventions.
• Care for ER holds/boarded patients while maintaining appropriate monitoring and continuity of care.
• Collaborate with physicians, mid-level providers, respiratory therapists, ER technicians, pharmacy, and other interdisciplinary team members.
• Provide care for patients with suspected stroke and STEMI, stabilizing patients and preparing them for transfer when indicated.
• Participate in emergency response, resuscitation, and other critical-care interventions within the ER.
• Provide appropriate care for pediatric emergency patients within the department's capabilities.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and comprehensive documentation in the Cerner EMR.
• Follow EMTALA requirements and hospital policies for emergency evaluation, stabilization, and treatment.
• Provide patient/family education, discharge instructions, and follow-up information.
• Prepare patients for admission, transfer, or discharge and provide complete handoff reports.
• Maintain patient safety, infection-control, medication-safety, and quality-care standards.
• Work with the charge nurse and appropriately delegate tasks to ER technicians.
• Maintain required BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS competencies throughout the assignment.