# Registered Nurse - Emergency Room (RN) at Deaconess Health System

> Open job at Deaconess Health System in Hopkinsville, United States. Workplace: On-site.

Source: Nurse Jobs World, https://nursejobsworld.com/jobs/deaconess-health-system-registered-nurse-emergency-room-rn-vpedi0p
Posted 13 November 2026. Last checked on the employer's career site: 14 November 2026.

## Facts

- Company: [Deaconess Health System](https://nursejobsworld.com/companies/deaconess-health-system)
- Location: Hopkinsville, United States
- Workplace: On-site
- Employment type: Full-time
- Local language: Not required
- Licence or registration named: Multistate licence (NLC)
- Skills: Emergency
- Not mentioned in the job post: salary, visa sponsorship, relocation, where you can apply from

## Job description

To provide care to patients that present to the Emergency Department. Provide care to patients within the scope of practice of a Registered Nurse as defined by the Kentucky Board of Nursing.

**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:**

- Completes nursing HX and assessment accurately with in expected time frames.
- Determines and delivers age appropriate care.
- Delegates duties based on complexity of patient needs.
- Utilization of critical thinking skills in prioritization of care.
- Develops and prioritizes individualized plan of care.
- Coordinates and collaborates plan of care with health care team.
- Incorporates discharge planning needs in plan of care.
- Documents interventions that are accurate, pertinent, timely, and legible.
- Administers medication observing the "5 rights".
- Administers medication correctly based on patient's age, and clinical condition.
- Performs skills and tasks required by unit expectations.
- Includes patient, caregivers, and disciplines in care, council and health teaching.
- Demonstrates correct use and troubleshooting of equipment.
- Evaluates the efficacy of plan of care.
- Modifies based on patient's current condition.
- Ability to supervise staff members who provide direct patient care.
- Provides health care at the best value without compromising patient care.
- Accurately completes Triage assessment of patient and assigns appropriate acuity category.
- Completes all documents accurately in the Electronic Medical Record.

**JOB REQUIREMENTS:**

- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- Current Kentucky license or valid compact state license.
- BLS certification – American Heart Association (Healthcare Provider) or American Red Cross (Healthcare Provider) required, must be current.
- ACLS and PALS Certification preferred or within 90 days of employment or transfer to the department.

##### Required Experience

- A minimum of one year work experience in an acute care setting preferred.

**Shift:** Nights, 7p-7a

## How to apply

Apply on the job page, https://nursejobsworld.com/jobs/deaconess-health-system-registered-nurse-emergency-room-rn-vpedi0p: its Apply button opens the employer's own application page.

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