Love Joy Mayrill Albino

ER Nurse Skills

• Responsible for maintaining care standards in the emergency room.
• Able to assess patients quickly, prioritize, and assist in minor procedures.
• Managed patient check-in process, performed triage work for doctors, and assisted with initial insurance paperwork.
• Communicate with doctors and patients to keep everyone updated on test results and treatment recommendations.
• Collaborate with laboratory personnel and report lab findings back to ER doctors.
• Assist in the care of traumas, cardiac arrests, strokes, sexual assaults, and conscious sedation.
• Demonstration of sound decision-making in emergency scenarios based on patient conditions such as vital signs, patient presentation, and assessments.
• Provide RN care for all ER patients, as well as handling intubations, defibrillations, auto transfusions, Medlock insertions, splinting, and more.

An Emergency Room Nurse is primarily responsible for developing a patient care plan after a quick and thorough evaluation of a patient’s injuries. Common responsibilities include bone setting, blood transfusions, wound care, medication administration, and much more. Similarly, an Emergency Room Nurse will chart vitals and monitor the patient’s condition like a typical Registered Nurse (RN).

However, Emergency Room Nurses work in a fast-paced environment that requires quick thinking and decision making. There are no fixed tasks for Emergency Room Nurses since their patients are quickly treated and moved to another ward. Oftentimes, nursing professionals in this field enjoy spontaneity and not having a fixed routine.

• Triage incoming patients based on level of injury or illness
• Immediately stabilize incoming patients
• Administer medication as instructed by physicians
• Start intravenous lines, and set broken bones
• Perform tracheotomies and intubations
• Give patients stitches and sutures
• Create and maintain incoming patient records
• Work with team of emergency staff to help patients
• Help transfer stable patients to other wings

• Improved patient outcomes by implementing evidence-based nursing interventions and individualized care plans.
• Promoted a culture of safety within the healthcare facility by participating in quality improvement initiatives, identifying potential hazards, and advocating for best practices in nursing care delivery.
• Reduced hospital readmissions through effective discharge planning, patient education, and follow-up care coordination.
• Contributed to interdisciplinary team meetings by presenting relevant clinical data about patients'' progress toward reaching established goals of care.