Emergency Room Staff Nurse
Saudi Medical Services ltd
Total years of experience :3 years, 0 Months
• Al-Salam Hospital at Saadah Yemen Republic (Saudi Medical Services ltd.)
Emergency Room Staff Nurse
September 16, 2009 - October 19, 2011
• Diosdado Macapagal Memorial Hospital
Emergency nurses provide rapid assessment and treatment to patients in the initial phase of illness or trauma and often in life-threatening situations.Emergency nurses specialize in assessing, intervening and stabilizing a variety of trauma and illnesses with decisive action. Due to the range of medical conditions that may require urgent treatment and care, they must be knowledgeable about general as well as specific health issues.
Hospitals and independent emergency departments are the most common employers of emergency nurses. Other facilities that may employ them include cruise ships, prisons and crisis intervention centers. With more specialized training, an emergency nurse can become a transport nurse who administers treatment to patients being transported.
The volunteer nursing staff will work with the attending primary care provider
to see patients efficiently and to provide nursing care. Vital signs, nursing history, basic laboratory
procedures, administration of medication, and assistance with simple procedures will all be part of her/his
responsibility
1. Assist the Clinic Director as needed.
2. Weigh patients and take their blood pressure and other vital signs; take patient medical history.
3. Prepare and drape patients in the examination room. Remain in the room if a male primary care
provider is to perform a pelvic, rectal or breast exam on a female patient.
4. Perform simple lab tests such as urine dipsticks, finger stick glucose and hemoglobin.
5. Administer medications and injections as prescribed by the primary care provider.
6. Assist the primary care provider with procedures (e.g. venipuncture, suturing, I & D, etc.), by
preparing appropriate instruments and sterile field.
7. Provide patient instruction and educational materials as needed.
8. Ensure complete and proper documentation of all patient care and instruction in patient medical records.
TERTIARY University of the Assumption City of San Fernando, Pampanga Bachelor of Science in Nursing S.Y 2004-2008
Saint Anthony Academy Sta Monica Lubao, Pampanga S.Y 1997-2004
Guagua Elementary School StaFilomenaGuagua, Pampanga S.Y 1991-1997