Emergency Department Registered Nurse
Company: Staffing Management Group
Location: Lancaster
Posted on: February 13, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description An Emergency Department
Registered Nurse must be knowledgeable in multiple disciplines,
pediatrics, obstetrics, medicine, cardiology, trauma, orthopedics,
oncology, infectious disease, and psychiatry. He/she must be
knowledgeable in caring for all age groups; newborns, infants,
toddlers, childhood, adolescence, adult and geriatric. Essential
Duties for all RNs in the Emergency Department: . Nursing Process
a. Applies nursing process in direct patient care. b. Skillfully
practices triage of patients per Triage Policy c. Assesses patients
and documents on the ED nursing T-system a minimum of every two
hours or more often when necessary. d. Appropriately intervenes
when assessment reveals an abnormal finding, examples include but
are not limited to airway, breathing, circulation. e. Knowledgeable
regarding pre-hospital forms. 2. Nursing Care Delivery Process a.
Knowledgeable regarding current emergency nursing practices and
procedures. b. Knowledgeable of the legal aspects of emergency
nursing care, including but not limited to: 1) Treatment and/or
release of minor to someone other than parent. 2) EMTALA laws in
regards to medical screening exams and transfer procedures. 3)
Procedure for medical/legal examination and collection of evidence.
4) Procedure for obtaining legal blood alcohol specimen. 5)
Requirements for reporting suspected elder/dependent adult and
child abuse/neglect. c. Coroners report d. After-care instructions
3. Technical Equipment a. Chest tubes, drainage system, and
auto-transfuser. b. Cardio-Respiratory monitors c. Monitoring
equipment; Arterial Lines, CVP, Swanz Ganz, ICP. d. Invasive and
non-invasive blood pressure monitoring. e. Crash cart/defibrillator
(external and internal), ambu bag. f. Oxygen saturation/pulse
oximetry g. Fluid warmer h. 12 lead ECG i. Pacemaker, internal and
external j. Competent operation of ReddiNet communication Syste
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