Overview
Acute RN - 3 North- Cardiology/Telemetry - Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Shift: Days and Nights - Full Time and Part Time
Weekend Package
Weekend and holiday rotation
Shift Differential for qualifying shifts
$10,000 Sign On Bonus for qualifying candidates
3 North is a 30 bed nursing unit with telemetry cardiac monitoring capability for all patient beds. The nursing skill mix is 65% Registered nurse/35% patient care technician. The patient population on 3 North is cardiovascular medical. The major patient diagnoses includes: Heart failure, pre and post cardiac cath, and other medical overflow.
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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
- Current active or compact license as Registered Nurse for the state of Iowa (BSN preferred)
- Current RN License recognized by the State of Iowa Board of Nursing
- Bachelor of Science (BSN) in Nursing preferred
- Minimum of 6 months of RN experience
***PLEASE NOTE: All newly licensed RNs with less than six months of RN experience and who are interested in this department or any other Acute RN roles within UnityPoint Health - Des Moines, are encouraged and required to participate in the RN Residency program. Newly licensed nurses must apply for the Registered Nurse Residency position.
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Additional Information
- Area of Interest: Nursing;
- FTE/Hours per pay period: 0.9;
- Department: Cardiology 3N- Luth;
- Shift: Full Time or Part Time Nights, 12 hour shifts;
- Job ID: 148504;
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