*Description*
Summary:
Assists the Emergency Department team by providing quality patient care, working under the direction and supervision of a Registered Professional Nurse.
Responsibilities:
1. Assists in the preparation of the clinical area, ensuring that the area is clean per infection control standards and adequate supplies and linens are in place.
2. Ensures the patient and the treatment room is properly prepared and set up for the exam. This includes assisting patients into gowns, securing belongings and attaching to necessary monitoring devices and securing the necessary supplies or cart.
3. Provides specific duties as related to the complex, critical care patient to include:Trauma, Stroke, STEMI patient. Set up rapid infuser, Baer Hugger, surgical trays, pleurovac, Lifepack, cardiac monitoring, etc.
4. Initiates protocol testing, including placing the order and completing the required documentation.
5. Communicates processes to patients and collects s...