Registered Nurse Mom Baby Postpartum PRN
About The Position
The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver accountable for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care. The staff RN uses the nursing process, technology, therapeutic interventions, evidence-based practice, and coordination with other health team members. The RN assesses patients’ physical, social, and psychological status, including cognitive, communication, and developmental skills as appropriate, and gathers information from patients, families, physicians, and the interdisciplinary team. Using assessment information and critical thinking, the RN collaborates to develop individualized plans of care, arrange education, and prepare patients for follow-up and support needs. The RN directs interdisciplinary care through delegation, coordination, and collaboration; provides or delegates care consistent with the plan, care guidelines, and professional licensure; and prioritizes and organizes care delivery. The RN evaluates responses to interventions and patient and family satisfaction, revises the plan as needed, and promotes the nursing profession and development of others. The role requires integrating legal, ethical, and regulatory standards, working within licensure scope, and providing accurate, timely documentation. This PRN position is located at Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. Scheduled weekly hours are 0. The listed hourly range is $37.45–$57.29, with the actual rate dependent on experience.
Requirements
- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of practice.
- Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers.
- RNs with less than 12 months of experience must obtain a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) within four years of their hire date.
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is required as of the job description’s last update on 4/27/2025; employees hired or promoted before that date are held to the minimum requirements in effect at the time of their hire or promotion.
- Skills include patient care delivery, nursing fundamentals, interdisciplinary teamwork, documentation, professional etiquette, accountability, patient care coordination, communication, patient evaluation, and critical thinking.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited institution; the degree will be verified. The posting also states that a BSN is required as of the job description’s last update on 4/27/2025, subject to the stated exception for employees hired or promoted before that date.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients’ physical, social, and psychological status, including cognitive, communication, and developmental skills as appropriate.
- Seek and evaluate information from patients, families, physicians, and other interdisciplinary team members.
- Collaboratively develop individualized plans of care using assessment information and critical thinking.
- Involve patients, families, the care team, and physicians in care planning and education.
- Plan and prepare patients for further support, teaching, referrals, and follow-up after the current episode of care.
- Direct interdisciplinary care through delegation, coordination, and collaboration.
- Provide or delegate care consistent with the plan of care, care guidelines, and professional licensure.
- Set priorities and coordinate and organize patient care delivery, including management of time, supplies, and resources.
- Evaluate patient responses to interventions, goal achievement, clinical outcomes, and patient and family satisfaction.
- Revise the plan of care and reassess changes as appropriate.
- Promote the nursing profession and participate in the development of others.
- Integrate legal and ethical standards into practice and comply with regulatory standards.
- Practice within the scope of licensure and provide accurate, timely documentation.
Benefits
- The employer describes a generous benefits package covering programs intended to support caregivers’ well-being across health, security, connection, and engagement; details are available through the employer’s comprehensive benefits package information.
