The Rapid Response Nurse ensures patient safety by escalating issues, following standard processes, maintaining equipment and using evidence-based practice techniques.
Posted Oct 14 · 3 years of experience
Shift and hours
Day shift, 7:00am-7:30pm This is a day shift position 7:00am-7:30pm.
Unit and setting
Hospital
License
RN license Licensed or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of VA as a Registered Nurse or active multi-state RN license.Licensed or eligible for licensure in Virginia as an RN, or active multi-state RN license
Term
Per Diem Rapid Response Nurse (RN)- Inova Alexandria Hospital PRNPRN
Do you qualify?
License
Licensed or eligible for licensure in Virginia as an RN, or active multi-state RN licenseLicensed or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of VA as a Registered Nurse or active multi-state RN license.Check your license
Certification
BLSCertifications : BLS and ACLS required (AHA)
Certification
ACLS
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from an accredited schoolBachelor's Degree Nursing (from an accredited school of nursing).
Education
BSN required for RNs with an Associate's DegreeAfter hire · complete BSN within 5 years of startIf RN has an Associate's Degree, must complete BSN within 5 years of start date.
Experience
3-5 years as a Critical Care or Emergency Room RNThree - five years of experience as a Critical Care or Emergency Room RN.
Preferred
Experience
3-5 years of ICU or ED RN experience
Experience
Previous Rapid Response Nurse experience
Also asks
Unit involvement / leadershipUnit involvement / Leadership
Incorporates evidence-based practice in plans of care and clinical decisionsIncorporates evidence-based practice when developing and implementing plans of care and when making clinical decisions.
Day to day
Uses SBAR when communicating and arriving at MSET/rapid response situationsUses SBAR framework when communicating and/or when arriving to MSET/rapid response situations.
Day to day
Provides psychosocial and spiritual support to families during rapid response situationsProvides psychosocial and spiritual support to patients' families during MSET/rapid response situations.
Day to day
Maintains a record of patient data such as vital signs, procedures, medications and patient response, and documents findings and interventions in patients' medical records
Day to day
Recognizes code circumstances and activates the code notification systemRecognizes actual and potential code circumstances, taking appropriate action to notify proper persons and/or activating the code notification system.
Day to day
Controls the emergent environment and covers other providersControls the emergent environment and provides coverage for other participating healthcare providers.
Day to day
Responds to signs of deterioration or imminent life-threatening crisisRecognizes and responds to patients' signs and symptoms that are indicative of deteriorating or of actual or imminent life-threatening crisis including cardiopulmonary instability.
Day to day
Initiates basic life support measures per AHA standardsInitiates basic life support measures by following the American Heart Association and other applicable standards of practice/policies as necessary.
Day to day
Maintains unit equipment, airway management and crash carts
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Provides training and education on emergency responseProvides training and education on emergency response within the organization.
Inova Alexandria Hospital is seeking a PRN Rapid Response Nurse . This is a day shift position 7:00am-7:30pm.
The Rapid Response Nurse ensures patient safety by escalating issues, following standard processes, maintaining equipment and using evidence-based practice techniques. Keeps patients, families, and hospital team informed of updates. Responds to RRT Code calls promptly while assessing patients' conditions as observed/reported by nurses. Implements measures for immediate stabilization when necessary.
Job Responsibilities
Incorporates evidence-based practice when developing and implementing plans of care and when making clinical decisions.
Uses SBAR framework when communicating and/or when arriving to MSET/rapid response situations. Relays information to departments and care givers as appropriate, communicating with patients, families and hospital staff in a courteous, respectful and professional manner.
Provides psychosocial and spiritual support to patients' families during MSET/rapid response situations.
Maintains a record of patient data such as vital signs, procedures, medications and patient response. Documents findings and interventions in patients' medical records.
Recognizes actual and potential code circumstances, taking appropriate action to notify proper persons and/or activating the code notification system.
Controls the emergent environment and provides coverage for other participating healthcare providers. Performs immediate measures to control and secure the safety of self, others and/or the environment until help arrives.
Recognizes and responds to patients' signs and symptoms that are indicative of deteriorating or of actual or imminent life-threatening crisis including cardiopulmonary instability.
Initiates basic life support measures by following the American Heart Association and other applicable standards of practice/policies as necessary.
Maintains equipment in the unit such as monitors, ventilators and drug infusions in addition to taking ownership of airway management, knowing the location of all crash carts and conducting proper equipment maintenance.
Reports any safety-related events according to hospital policy by using the established reporting system and notifies supervisors as appropriate.
Participates in MSET/rapid response-related quality assurance and performance improvement activities and initiatives including data collection for the sepsis program.
Provides training and education on emergency response within the organization.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum qualifications
Experience
Three – five years of experience as a Critical Care or Emergency Room RN.
Education
Bachelor's Degree Nursing (from an accredited school of nursing). If RN has an Associate's Degree, must complete BSN within 5 years of start date.
Certifications
BLS and ACLS required (AHA)
CEN or CCRN within 6 months from date of hire
Licensure
Licensed or eligible for licensure in the Commonwealth of VA as a Registered Nurse or active multi-state RN license.
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Nurses and young professionals actually cluster in Del Ray and Potomac West, North Old Town, Potomac Yard, Eisenhower East, Landmark–Van Dorn, North Ridge–Rosemont, Taylor Run, Beverly Hills, and Rosemont. Del Ray/Potomac West mixes diverse housing, festivals, and green space (median home about $666,145, median rent about $2,025) with a walkable, younger feel.
Old Town and North Old Town are the historic premium tier—brick townhouses, King Street shops, riverside recreation, and King Street–Old Town Metro—with median homes around $926,364 and 1-bedroom rents around $2,587. Eisenhower East is newer rentals and dining near federal job hubs (median rent $2,137); Landmark–Van Dorn is the budget belt (median home $319,643, rent $1,964) with parks; North Ridge–Rosemont is quiet, among the safest (safer than 88% of the city), and better for buyers near trails (median home $551,750).
Getting around+Alexandria sits about eight miles south of D.C. on the Potomac; King Street runs to the King Street–Old Town Metro, putting the Pentagon, National Landing, and downtown D.C. on a short Blue/Yellow Line ride or highway run. A free King Street Trolley covers the historic mile, and a seasonal water taxi links the Old Town waterfront to D.C. and The Wharf. Eisenhower East sits beside federal job hubs; driving uses I-395 and the 14th Street/Potomac crossings, and traffic congestion is a repeated local complaint. Reagan National Airport is close. These sources do not name hospital campuses, night-shift parking, or typical drive times to specific medical centers.
Alexandria sits about eight miles south of D.C. on the Potomac; King Street runs to the King Street–Old Town Metro, putting the Pentagon, National Landing, and downtown D.C. on a short Blue/Yellow Line ride or highway run. A free King Street Trolley covers the historic mile, and a seasonal water taxi links the Old Town waterfront to D.C. and The Wharf.
Eisenhower East sits beside federal job hubs; driving uses I-395 and the 14th Street/Potomac crossings, and traffic congestion is a repeated local complaint. Reagan National Airport is close.
These sources do not name hospital campuses, night-shift parking, or typical drive times to specific medical centers.
Outdoors+Alexandria has more than 900 acres of parks. Founders Park is the Old Town Potomac lawn a short walk from King Street shops. The Mount Vernon Trail runs 17 miles along the George Washington Memorial Parkway for walking, biking, and running with river views. Jones Point has a lighthouse and historic MD/VA/DC boundary markers. Nearby Huntley Meadows Park (1,400 acres in Fairfax County) offers Cedar Trail and Deer Trail through wetland woods. Potomac West and Landmark–Van Dorn add neighborhood green space; the waterfront supports water taxi and riverside recreation, with kayaking and paddleboarding among listed activities.
Alexandria has more than 900 acres of parks. Founders Park is the Old Town Potomac lawn a short walk from King Street shops.
The Mount Vernon Trail runs 17 miles along the George Washington Memorial Parkway for walking, biking, and running with river views. Jones Point has a lighthouse and historic MD/VA/DC boundary markers.
Nearby Huntley Meadows Park (1,400 acres in Fairfax County) offers Cedar Trail and Deer Trail through wetland woods. Potomac West and Landmark–Van Dorn add neighborhood green space; the waterfront supports water taxi and riverside recreation, with kayaking and paddleboarding among listed activities.
Alexandria sits on the Potomac eight miles south of Washington, D.C.—a 1749 port city with the nation’s third-oldest historic district, a King Street mile of more than 200 independent restaurants and boutiques, and Metro, trolley, and water-taxi links to the Pentagon, National Landing, and downtown. That location is the genuine draw: federal and regional jobs without living inside D.C. proper. Live in Del Ray or Potomac West for festivals and a slightly softer price than Old Town; Eisenhower East or Landmark–Van Dorn if you want rentals near Metro (median rents roughly $1,960–$2,140); North Ridge–Rosemont if you want quiet and the city’s higher safety scores. Old Town is cobblestones, Torpedo Factory art, Founders Park, and waterfront tables at places like Vola’s and Barca Pier—and tourist crowds and median homes approaching $900k. Run or bike the 17-mile Mount Vernon Trail; Jones Point’s lighthouse and 900-plus acres of parks cover weekends. Newcomers call the culture welcoming (Little Theater of Alexandria comes up as a way in) and the costs, taxes, traffic, and weather extremes the reasons they hesitate.
