RN Acute-3W Orthopeodics and Med/Surg-Methodist West
US-IA-West Des Moines
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Req #: 169763
Type: Part Time Benefits
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Overview:
Shift: Part Time Nights | 7pm-7:30am weekend and holiday rotation
Part Time Days | 7am-7:30pm weekend and holiday Rotation
3 West Ortho has been recognized as Blue Distinction for the care we give to our total hip and knee replacement patients. We are a 34-bed unit that specializes in the orthopedic population. We also have a wide variety of the medical/surgical adult population. We are a smaller hospital with a family atmosphere. Come be a part of our outstanding team we have here on 3 West!
Responsibilities:
* Provides and coordinates nursing care to patients utilizing the nursing process.
* Completes documentation to assure an accurate record of patient's care.
* Utilizes critical thinking in making independent judgments, and maintains responsibility for the knowledge of conditions of assigned patients.
* Collaborates with physicians and other professionals in planning and implementing care within hospital policy and legal limitations.
* Assesses needs of patients and families, provides appropriate teaching to facilitate discharge planning, and makes the necessary referrals to community agencies to provide continuity of care.
* Utilizes a holistic approach (considering physical, psych/social, spiritual, educational, safety, and related criteria) appropriate to the age of the patients served in the assigned service area.
* Demonstrates initiative to improve quality of care, patient and employee safety, and customer service.
Qualifications:
Education:
* Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or IA Board of Nursing approved nursing program.
License(s)/Certification(s):
* Current licensure in good standing to practice as a Registered Nurse in Iowa
Experience:
* Minimum of six months acute RN experience.
* All newly licensed RNs or RNs with less than six months of acute RN experience and who are interested in this department or any other Acute RN role within UnityPoint Health - Des Moines, are encouraged and required to participate in the RN Residency program. For more information about the program, please go to https://www.unitypoint.org/desmoines/nurse-residency-program.asp
Other:
* Level 3 Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
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