✨ AI Summary
Charge Nurse - ER provides professional leadership and supervision of ER nursing staff on each shift. The role acts as a clinical resource and role model for emergency care, ensuring appropriate staffing levels, skill mix, and rapid triage allocation. Key responsibilities include overseeing triage prioritization, rapid assessment, stabilization, and emergency interventions; ensuring accurate documentation and compliance with standards; guiding staff during clinical emergencies; responding to critical conditions such as cardiac arrest and trauma; ensuring medication administration and narcotic control in line with safety protocols; coordinating patient flow from arrival to discharge or transfer; ensuring readiness of emergency equipment and resuscitation resources; and managing emergency operations during mass casualty, disasters, and surge events. Requirements emphasize a nursing degree (Bachelor of Nursing or Associate degree with licensing exams) and DOH license eligibility.