Registered Nurse Post Partum

CommonSpirit Health • Colorado Springs, CO

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About The Position

The Registered Nurse facilitates communication and collaboration among the healthcare team, patient, and family to address the patient’s physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. The RN promotes patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process, follows patient-care standards and the State Nurse Practice Act, and demonstrates accountability for relationship-based care and the organization’s mission.

The role includes assessing patient needs, evaluating responses to care, developing and implementing care plans with the interdisciplinary team, and providing therapeutic and diagnostic interventions. The RN maintains confidential and accurate patient records, uses information technology to support communication and decision-making, advocates for patient health, safety, and rights, and educates patients and families while evaluating the effectiveness of teaching.

Requirements

• Associate degree in Nursing, nursing diploma, or RN license by endorsement in the state of employment.
• Registered Nurse license in the state of employment.
• Commitment to compassionate, high-quality patient care.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to apply the nursing process effectively.
• Ability to exert or lift up to 50 lbs. occasionally, up to 20 lbs. frequently, and up to 10 lbs. constantly.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
• One year of experience.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, and review of medical records and clinical data.
• Evaluate patients’ responses and intervene to promote optimal outcomes.
• Develop and implement patient plans of care and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate competency in therapeutic and diagnostic interventions, including IVs, incision and wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collection.
• Maintain patient charts and records thoroughly and confidentially.
• Document ongoing status, interventions, patient responses, and outcomes accurately and promptly.
• Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.
• Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect each patient’s health, safety, and rights.
• Assess patient and family readiness, needs, and ability to learn; provide education and evaluate its effectiveness.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree