Registered Nurse - (Emergency Dept)
Opelousas General Health System
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- Pay
- $26 to $39
- an hour
- Location
- Opelousas, LA
- Work style
- On-site
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Oct 1
- 19 days ago
Career path
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About the company
Opelousas General Health System
Hospital & health care · 501 to 1,000 employees
What you'll do
- Utilizes the nursing process as the basis for nursing care.
- Provides direct patient care
- Performs nursing functions, applying professional skills.
- Documents and maintains date on patient’s record.
- Maintains a safe environment.
- Applies basic teaching / learning concepts to patient education.
- Provides for life support.
- Acts as a patient advocate.
- Cooperates as a member of the nursing unit, department and overall hospital team.
- Participates in performance improvement.
- Delegates and / or supervises aspects of care to team members and reviews completion.
- Performs related work as required.
- Communicates pertinent data to appropriate parties.
- Maintains patient confidentiality.
- Conducts himself/herself effectively in stressful situations.
- Approaches situations with distressed patients, families, and visitors in a calm, professional manner.
- Collaborates with physicians and nurses to devise individualized care plans for patients.
- Properly assesses and manages patient populations with appropriate intervention.
- Administers intravenous medications and / or parenteral nutrition.
- Administers blood products and evaluates patient response.
What you need
- Associates or Bachelors Degree from accredited Nursing Program
- License as a Registered Nurse
- CPR ( BLS)-Required
- CPR( ACLS, PALS) -Preferred
- NRP- Preferred
- Education: an associate degree or a bachelor's degree
Key skills
Registered NurseCPR ( BLS)CPR( ACLS, PALS)NRPnursing processpatient educationlife support
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Full Time Positions available. (7am-7pm, 7pm-7am, 9am-9pm) in our Emergency Department Main Campus.
The Registered Nurse provides direct nursing care to patients utilizing the nursing process, performs technical nursing functions and upholds the standard of practice of a professional nurse in caring for infant through geriatric patients.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Utilizes the nursing process as the basis for nursing care.
Provides direct patient care
Performs nursing functions, applying professional skills.
Documents and maintains date on patient’s record.
Maintains a safe environment.
Applies basic teaching / learning concepts to patient education.
Provides for life support.
Acts as a patient advocate.
Cooperates as a member of the nursing unit, department and overall hospital team.
Participates in performance improvement.
Delegates and / or supervises aspects of care to team members and reviews completion.
Performs related work as required.
Communicates pertinent data to appropriate parties.
Maintains patient confidentiality.
Conducts himself/herself effectively in stressful situations.
Approaches situations with distressed patients, families, and visitors in a calm, professional manner.
Collaborates with physicians and nurses to devise individualized care plans for patients.
Properly assesses and manages patient populations with appropriate intervention.
Administers intravenous medications and / or parenteral nutrition.
Administers blood products and evaluates patient response.
Minimum Qualifications
Associates or Bachelors Degree from accredited Nursing Program
License as a Registered Nurse
CPR ( BLS)-Required
CPR( ACLS, PALS) -Preferred
NRP- Preferred
Excellent Benefits: click her for more details OGHS-Benefits.pdf