Job: Registered Nurse - Emergency Department (ED)

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Jobing Description

Location: US-WY-Wheatland
Posted Date: 3/14/2011
Shift: Varied
Category: Registered Nurses/Externs - Positions
Department: Nursing Service
Facility:
Position Type: PerDiem-CA
Shift Hours: 12 hour shifts
Hours Per Week: 12

Internal Code A: COREHTF
New Grad: No
Internal Code B: ..



Overview:


Platte County:
About Platte County Memorial Hospital:

*Platte County Memorial Hospital offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient services, including an Outpatient Clinic which brings in more than 20 of the region's top physicians in nine different medical specialties to help care for southeast Wyoming residents.
*In 2007, Platte County Memorial Hospital completed a $16 million renovation project that replaced the Inpatient Wing, Surgical Suite, and Diagnostic Imaging departments. Renovations will also be made to the Emergency department and Laboratory.
*Enjoy the quality lifestyle and comforts of the close-knit community of Wheatland, Wyoming located just 70 miles north of the capital city of Cheyenne. Experience the vast recreational opportunities of southern Wyoming, including many lakes and the nearby Laramie Peak and Medicine Bow National Forest areas. Wheatland is just over 70 miles from the University of Wyoming. Colorado's Rocky Mountains and Denver are also within an easy drive on interstate highways.
*Please take a moment to visit the Wheatland Chamber of Commerce website to see just a few of the great reasons why Wheatland is such a great place!! www.plattechamber.com

Community:
*Wheatland (population 3,500) is a progressive small town, boasting participation in the largest consumer-owned power program in the country. Residents enjoy abundant recreational opportunities, such as boating, fishing, wildlife watching, hiking, camping, and proximity to the Laramie Peak area of Medicine Bow National Forest. Wheatland is also just 50 miles from the University of Wyoming and an easy drive to Denver, Colo.
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This is a per diem position.

Responsibilities:
1. Conducts and documents the nursing assessment of the health of the patient by collecting objective and subjective data, as outlined by facility policy, obtained by examination, interviews, and written records in the timeframe based on facility policy. This position then sorts, selects, reports and records the data, then validates, refines and modifies the information through interaction with the patient/resident, family and health team members.
2. Based on information collected during the nursing assessment establishes and documents nursing diagnoses, which serves as the basis for the plan of care.
3. Develops and modifies the plan of care based on the nursing assessment and nursing diagnosis. This includes identifying priorities in the plan of care, setting realistic, measurable goals, identifying nursing interventions and identifying actions to maintain comfort, support human functions and responses, to maintain an environment conducive to well being and provide health teaching and counseling.
4. Implements the plan of care by initiating nursing interventions by providing direct care, assisting with care and delegating care. This includes providing an environment conducive to safety and health, documentation of interventions and responses to care, and communicating nursing interventions and observations of responses to care to other health team members and supervising the process of obtaining and implementing the physician orders.
5. Evaluates the responses of patients/residents to nursing interventions. This evaluation may involve the patient/resident, family and other health team members. Shall document in the medical record and communicate to appropriate health team members the information collected. Will use the information to reassess the health status, modify the nursing diagnosis, revise the plan of care and determine changes in nursing interventions.& nbsp;

Job Summary:
Must hold a valid Wyoming license for a Registered Professional Nurse. Must possess a BLS certification. ACLS, PALS, and NBR are preferred and are required with-in 1 year of employment.
Effective human relation and communication skills are necessary.


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