Emergency Room Nurse
Current*Responsibilities: Patient intake process – Triage, assess and treat patients based on specific treatment protocols and acute crises requiring full scope of practice, sensitivity to military service related trauma and psychiatric emergencies, nursing notes, administering CPR and full ACLS protocols, NIH Stroke Assessment and Neuro-Tele, leadership committee, and inventory medication count daily. *Specific skills development and enhancement (partial list): Bladder scanner, urinary catheter insertion, electrocardiogram, patient assessment, IV pump, VISTA Electronic Patient Care, Barcode Administration Medication Administration, Pyxis, Ultrasound IV insertion, Blood draws, Blood Product Administration, Pain Management for chronic and acute conditions, Ear Lavage, and PEG Tube feeding.*Continuing education through Talent Management System*Patient care reports: Bedside patient care transfer at shift change, and during patient admission to telemetry and floor units. *Critical Care Transfer to ICU*Close interaction with Social Workers and Mental Health for patient stabilization in unit or on admission, and off unit/off premises.