RN - Registered Nurse - Orthopedics & Neurology - Weekends

Sanford Health•Sioux Falls, SD

15h

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for using the nursing process—including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes and planning, implementation, and evaluation—to provide individualized nursing care to patients. The RN collaborates with interprofessional colleagues, including physicians, to plan, implement, and evaluate care. The role provides care throughout prevention, health maintenance, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up as patients move along the continuum of care. Responsibilities include planning and coordinating care, assessing patients, providing patient education, triage, and other nursing interventions. The RN practices within the applicable scope and standards of nursing practice, state Nurse Practice Act and administrative rules, and Sanford Professional Nursing Practice, which is based on the American Nurses Association Scope and Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics for Nurses.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited nursing program.
Hold an unencumbered RN license in the state where nursing practice occurs, or possess multistate licensure if in a Nurse Licensure Compact state.
Obtain and maintain required department-specific competencies and certifications.
Practice within the scope and standards of nursing practice and applicable state laws and administrative rules.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

Use the nursing process to provide individualized patient care.
Collaborate with interprofessional colleagues, including physicians, to plan, implement, and evaluate care.
Provide care across prevention, health maintenance, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up.
Plan and coordinate care.
Assess patients and provide patient education and triage.
Perform other nursing interventions within the applicable scope and standards of practice.
Maintain department-specific competencies and certifications.