Registered Nurse FT Nights Float

Registered Nurse FT Nights Float
An Inpatient Emergency Department Nurse (Float) provides immediate, high-acuity nursing care to patients admitted to the Emergency Department who require ongoing monitoring, treatment, and stabilization. This role combines emergency nursing expertise with inpatient care responsibilities to ensure patients receive safe, timely, and continuous care while preparing for admission, transfer, or discharge.

Key Responsibilities

- Initial Triage & Assessment: Rapidly assess patients, identify changes in condition, prioritize care according to established triage guidelines, and determine the urgency of treatment.
- Patient Stabilization: Administer medications, manage IV therapy, perform wound care and splinting, and provide other urgent interventions as ordered.
- Vital Signs & Monitoring: Continuously monitor and document vital signs, clinical status, response to treatment, and any signs of deterioration.
- Collaboration: Collaborate closely with physicians, specialists, and interdisciplinary healthcare teams to develop and implement individualized treatment plans.
- Documentation: Maintain accurate and timely electronic health records, including patient assessments, interventions, responses to treatment, and outcomes.
- Life-Support Protocols: Initiate and assist with resuscitation efforts, including care for patients experiencing cardiac arrest and other life-threatening emergencies.
- Patient & Family Education: Educate patients and families regarding diagnoses, treatment plans, medications, follow-up care, and discharge instructions.
- Equipment & Supplies: Ensure emergency equipment is functional, readily available, and properly maintained, and maintain adequate supplies within the department.
- Inpatient Care Continuity: Provide ongoing care and monitoring for patients in the ED inpatient unit, update care plans as needed, and coordinate admissions, transfers, and transitions to inpatient teams.
- Quality & Safety: Participate in unit-based councils, quality-improvement initiatives, evidence-based practice projects, and other activities designed to improve patient safety and care outcomes.

Required Qualifications

- Education: Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) or Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN); advanced degrees may be preferred or required for certain positions.
- Licensure: Current, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license.
- Certifications: Current BLS and ACLS certifications; additional certifications such as PALS and NIHSS may be required or preferred depending on the position.
- Experience: Previous experience in emergency and/or inpatient nursing, with the ability to provide care in high-acuity, fast-paced environments.
- Core Skills: Strong critical-thinking and clinical decision-making skills, effective communication, teamwork, organization, and the ability to remain calm and focused under pressure.

Work Environment

The Inpatient Emergency Department Nurse works in a fast-paced, high-pressure emergency department environment caring for patients with acute, complex, and potentially life-threatening conditions. The role requires flexibility, strong clinical judgment, effective prioritization, and the ability to respond quickly to rapidly changing patient needs.

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