Nurse Emergency Pediatrics at St Rose Dominican

Overview:

As the community's only not-for-profit, faith-based health care system; Dignity Health Nevada has been guided by the vision and core values of the Adrian Dominican Sisters for more than 70 years. As the Henderson and Las Vegas communities grow, Dignity Health-St. Rose Dominican facilities and its more than 3,400 employees will continue the Sisters' mission of serving people in need. St. Rose Dominican is a member Dignity Health, one of the nation's largest health care systems, a 22-state network of more than 9,000 physicians, 60,000 employees, and 400 care centers, including hospitals, urgent and occupational care, imaging and surgery centers, home health, and primary care clinics. Headquartered in San Francisco, Dignity Health is dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality, and affordable patient-centered care with special attention to the poor and underserved. You can also follow us on and.

The Siena Emergency Department is a 56 bed ED with 11 beds designated to pediatric emergency care with board certified pediatric doctors. We are a Level III trauma center, a pediatric designated facility as well as a stroke designated facility. We have an ED clinical educator to keep staff up to date with the science of emergency care, like hypothermia treatment status post cardiac arrest. We see over 60,000 patients a year and have 4 Triage bays as well as a rapid treatment area.

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Responsibilities

Position Summary:

The registered nurse employs critical thinking to integrate objective data with knowledge gained from an assessment of the subjective experiences of pediatric patients. Registered nurses use this critical thinking process to apply the best available evidence and research data to the processes of diagnosis and treatment. Nurses continually evaluate quality and effectiveness of nursing practice and seek to optimize outcomes.

• In the Emergency Room, the emergency nurse initiates and documents accurate and ongoing assessment of physical and psychosocial concerns of patients seeking treatment. This assessment is a series of systematic, organized and deliberate actions that identifies and obtains data pertaining to the patient and is the basis for the determination of health or illness.
• Medical/clinical knowledge, technical and clinical skills, clinical judgment, interpersonal skills and communication as indicated in the current Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals are essential components of nursing practice.
• All registered nurses practice within the scopes and standards of practice set forth by the American Nurses Association.
• Additional Professional Organizations may be referenced when appropriate to guide practice and standards within the work place.

• This position is represented by CNA and is covered by the terms and conditions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

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Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• One (1) year experience as an RN in an acute Emergency Department or successful completion of applicable clinical and didactic SRDH specialty training course(s) or program.

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.

• RN = Registered Nurse license from the State of NV Nursing Board.

• CT CPRBLS - Basic Life Support - AHA

• CT CPRACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support - AHA

• CT ENPC = Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course within 6 months of hire.

• CT CPRPALS = Pediatric Advanced Life Support CPR within 6 months of hire.

• TNCC = Trauma Nurse Core Course within 6 months of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Acute Pediatric ER experience.

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

• Certification in Specialty Area.

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