RN Emergency Department Nights

Primary City/State: Four Peaks Medical Center - 1301 S Crismon Rd, Mesa, AZ 85209. Category: Skilled Nursing. Shift: Night. Department: Emergency Department.

$15,000 Sign-On Bonus available. Shift: 1900 - 0730.

Great care starts with great people. (Like you.) At HonorHealth, you’ll find something special. From humble beginnings in 1927 to one of Arizona’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems, our culture is built on warmth and neighborly kindness. Behind every smile is a highly skilled professional with deep expertise and an unwavering dedication to what matters most — caring for the health and well-being of people and communities across the greater Phoenix area.

Responsibilities

The RN's practice is guided by the ANA Standard for Professional Nurse and Code of Ethics. The RN has knowledge of professional nursing principles, practices, concepts, and procedures as applied to the care of the patient population served. The RN records patients’ medical history and symptoms, helps perform diagnostic tests and analyze results, operates medical equipment, administers treatment and medication, and assists with patient follow-up and rehabilitation. The RN establishes a care plan or contributes to an existing plan, including activities such as administering medication, careful dosing checks, intravenous line management, therapy administration, observation and documentation, and consultation with physicians and other healthcare clinicians. The RN teaches patients and families how to manage illnesses or injuries, explains post-treatment home care, diet, nutrition, exercise programs, and self-medication. The RN provides direction to licensed practical nurses and nursing aides, delegating when appropriate. The RN supports clinical knowledge advancement, mentors new hires, and enhances competency skill attainment. The RN works to improve patient experience, clinical outcomes, and promotes a healthy work environment using evidence-based theory and Shared Governance decision-making.

• Stroke symptoms and warning signs
• Protocols and pathways used to identify, evaluate and manage stroke patients
• NIHSS
• Stroke Alert activation and protocol
• Stroke quality indicators
• Available stroke patient education materials and community resources
• Educational requirements
• Stroke Center website resources

Essential Functions

• Possess the knowledge of how to collect health data in a systematic and ongoing manner, prioritizing data collection as determined by the patient’s immediate condition or needs and involving the family. Analyze assessment data to determine diagnoses, and use nursing diagnoses to develop, implement, evaluate, and revise an appropriate patient plan of care that is family-centered, developmentally and age-appropriate, and culturally relevant.
• Identify expected outcomes individualized to the patient and their health problems. Develop plans of care that reflect current evidence-based nursing practice, provide continuity of care, and are family-centered.
• Implement interventions in the plan of care. Initiate treatments, medications, emergency and resuscitative measures based on standing orders, policies, and procedures. Provide nursing care meeting the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social-centered needs of the patient and family using a family-centered approach.
• Evaluate patient progress toward attainment of outcomes. Document observations, nursing interventions, therapeutic measures, multi-systems monitoring data, and other relevant data. Provide ongoing evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of the care plan to ensure cost-effective, high-quality healthcare.
• Evaluate one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards, statutes, regulations, and system and department policies. Maintain current knowledge in nursing practice and systematically evaluate the quality and effectiveness of practice.
• Integrate ethical principles in all aspects of practice. Enhance knowledge of culture and diversity needs for specific populations.
• Collaborate with others in the practice of nursing professional development at the institutional, local, regional, and state levels. Interact and contribute to peer development and other healthcare providers through positive role-modeling, fostering peer relationships, and participating in preceptor or mentor programs to create an environment for quality practice.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care delivery. Collaborate with the patient, family, and other health care providers in providing patient care.
• Develop and evaluate standards of care for patients that are evidence-based. Identify changes that should be made in nursing practice using an evidence-based approach and facilitate the adoption and adaptation of change. Participate in and use evidence-based research to identify strategies for improving practice and patient outcomes. Design, create, and apply research while supporting the integration of research into practice, fostering the use of systematic evaluative research with regard to clinical, educational, and managerial data.
• Consider factors related to safety, effectiveness, and cost in planning and delivering patient care by utilizing all resources effectively and efficiently.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) – Preferred
• All Diploma and ADN hires must complete a BSN within 60 months of hire OR have 5 or more years of Registered Nurse experience (including direct patient care or indirect RN roles) at the time of hire. – Required
• Associate’s degree or Diploma in Nursing. All staff who have direct responsibility for the care of stroke patients, please refer to the addendum for stroke specific education requirements – PRIOR TO START – Required

Experience

• Greater than 10 months in a med-surg or acute specialty setting – Required
• One year RN experience for all Float Positions – Required

Licenses and Certifications

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification in BLS training course C, and unit-specific certification as required by specialty area DOP – Required
• Registered Nurse (RN) State and/or Compact State Licensure as a registered nurse in the state of Arizona upon hire – Required
• National certification for unit-specific patient population – Preferred

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