PRN Registered Nurse Flex
Ally Medical · San Marcos, Texas, US
Description Provides professional nursing care for patients in the emergency room. Triages each patient and determines priority of care based on medical comp...
Job description
Description Provides professional nursing care for patients in the emergency room. Triages each patient and determines priority of care based on medical complaint or current symptoms. Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing process in collaboration with physicians and multidisciplinary team members. Duties/Responsibilities: - Provides direct patient care by evaluating the medical complaint or current symptoms and report to physician. - Works directly under physicians, assisting them during exams, procedures, diagnostic testing and treatments. - Per physicians’ orders performs IV initiation/infusion/therapy, blood draws, cardiac monitoring, pulse oximetry, applies oxygen, administers nebulized treatment, cleans and bandages wounds, applies splints, and provides basic bedside care. - Recognizes and effectively treats life-threatening conditions. - Ability to perform a head-to-toe assessment on all patients and reassessments. This includes pediatric, adolescent, and geriatric patients and the general patient population. - Assists physicians with procedures including but not limited to laceration repair, any procedure requiring moderate sedation, incision and d...