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Position Summary: The Emergency Department nurse is expected to assist in providing total care of the patient before, during and after treatment. This includes providing physical, emotional, spiritual and cultural support while providing necessary equipment and supplies for all emergency procedures. Cases may range from the very minor to the mortally ill or traumatized. Nurses will be proficient in triaging according to the Emergency Nursing Association triage category systems and maintain excellent assessment and reassessment to determine the response to medications and treatments. The Emergency Department nurse is expected to work well as a team member, be flexible and able to process much information quickly and correctly and to develop a care plan to meet the emergent needs of the patient and family.
Essential Functions include but are not limited to:
Incorporates appropriate assessments and intervention skills in all interactions and delivery of nursing care
Communicates with patients, team members and management in an accurate, timely manner
Documents in a complete, timely manner; appropriately uses computer charting/ ordering
Applies critical thinking skills and considers alternatives
Organizes multitask workload, prioritizes tasks, organizes/delivers care for multiple patient assignment
Develops and maintains human care relationships
Acknowledges the impact illness/hospitalization has on patients and families; adapts care management for diverse populations and environments’ advocates for needs of clients; provides care in an ethical and legal manner
Recognizes the importance of teamwork among care providers
Acknowledges limits of experience and capability and requests assistance appropriately
Verbalizes scope of practice for self and others, delegates and assigns care, coordinates care within multi-disciplinary team
Incorporates teaching in delivery of care with a focus on health promotion
Provides information to patient, assesses for barriers to learning, uses colleagues as a resource as appropriate, provides counseling about health behaviors
Applies know of the patient populations served within unit; provides age-appropriate care, applies knowledge of expected norms in planning care (i.e. VS, lab values, assessment, etc.) applies new data to improve care
Applies new data to improve care
Integrates technical, psychological, social, intellectual and physical skills
Demonstrates the unit-specific skills required for assigned role and service area
Maintains required competencies based on high-risk/low-volume/problem-prone areas
Promotes internal and external customer satisfaction
Builds and promotes a culture of service excellence and continuous improvement
Works as scheduled and is compliant with Attendance and Tardiness Policy
Daily operations of POCT. This includes but it not limited to: decision making, response to problems, error identification and corrective action.
Perform quality control and maintenance on laboratory analyzers and POCT.
Preform laboratory testing and POCT applicable to the FSED
All other duties as assigned
Parkland Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
Grow your career where your work truly matters—at Parkland Medical Center.
Located in Derry, NH, Parkland is an 86-bed regional acute-care hospital and a designated Level III Trauma Center, delivering high-quality care to the community with compassion and innovation. As part of HCA Healthcare’s trusted network, you’ll be connected to Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, Portsmouth Regional Hospital in Portsmouth, Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, three freestanding ERs, and more than 70 care sites across New Hampshire.
With nearly 5,000 colleagues—including 1,500 nurses and 1,000 affiliated physicians—HCA Healthcare offers a supportive, team-oriented environment where your contributions are valued, your growth is encouraged, and your impact is felt every day. Join us and be part of something bigger.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"Nurses are essential to the delivery of healthcare and serve as its foundation. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to equipping nurses with the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care, championing the profession, and supporting the advancement of nursing’s future."
Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC
Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive
HCA Healthcaret
Join a family that cares about every stage in your career! We are interviewing candidates for our Registered Nurse Emergency Department PRN FSED opening. Apply today and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will reach out.
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