RN Acute-Emergency Department-Lutheran

US-IA-Des Moines

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Req #: 175725
Type: Full Time Benefits

UnityPoint Health

				Overview:

Shift: Part Time | 7pm-7am, every 4th weekend and holiday rotation

          Full Time  | 7pm-7am, every 4th weekend and holiday rotation

          Full Time  | 11a-11p/3p-3a, every 4th weekend and holiday rotation

$10,000 Sign on Bonus for Full Time Positions

Providing fast-paced care to patients experiencing emergent illness, injury, and acute care illness for children and adults, specializing in behavioral health care. Collaborates with chemical dependency team and the behavioral health team to provide high-quality behavioral and mental health care in the emergency department.

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. 
* Demonstrates professional development by keeping abreast of current nursing practice and healthcare trends.

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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