Emergency Room RN

We are looking for Emergency Room RN for our client in Cleveland, OH.

Key Responsibilities

The ED RN shall be responsible for:

•         Triage and prioritization of patients based on acuity
•         Patient assessments and emergency nursing care
•         Administration of medications and IV therapies
•         Monitoring and documentation of vital signs and patient response
•         Critical care nursing support
•         Scrub and circulating duties within the Emergency Department
•         Obtaining patient and family histories
•         Developing and revising plans of care
•         Electronic medical record documentation
•         Carrying out physician orders and documenting patient care
•         Communicating patient status changes to physicians and nursing leadership
•         Interpreting cardiac rhythms and telemetry monitoring
•         Operating emergency equipment including:
•  Defibrillators
• EKG machines
• Cardiac monitors
•         Initiating life-saving measures in the absence of physicians
•         Assisting with emergency procedures and diagnostic interventions
•         Central line and ventilator care
•         Skin assessments and prevention of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers
•         Care of patients with catheters and prostheses
•         Patient and family education
•         Participation in discharge planning
•         Maintaining professional decorum and customer service standards
•         Participation in quality improvement activities and staff meetings

Requirements

•         Graduation from a school of professional nursing accredited by ACEN or CCNE
•         Current license from the Ohio Board of Nursing or current multi-state license from a Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) state
•         Current CPR certification through the American Heart Association
•         Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
•         Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification
•         Minimum of two (2) years of direct patient care experience within the last three (3) years
•         Emergency department or critical care nursing experience preferred
•         Ability to interpret cardiac rhythms and respond to emergencies
•         Ability to speak, read, write, and understand English fluently
•         Demonstrated competency in electronic health record documentation
•         Ability to work days, nights, evenings, weekends, and holidays as scheduled

Pay up to:$47+ an hour dependent on training, accreditations, schooling and years of experience