Weekend Option Staff Nurse - Acute Internal Medicine Unit (4/5 South) 60% Weekend Option Night Shifts

UIOWA•Iowa City, IA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Iowa Health Care Department of Nursing is seeking a Weekends Staff Nurse (RN) for the Adult Acute Internal Medicine Unit (4/5 South). The Adult Acute Internal Medicine Units are both 13-bed general medicine inpatient units that serve a variety of patients. The unit is designed to provide high quality, personalized care for patients in private rooms to promote a quiet atmosphere for rest and healing. The unit treats diseases and disorders from various body systems including Circulatory, Dermatology, Endocrine, Immune, Gastrointestinal, Neurological, Pulmonary, and Renal. Patient care is approached using a multidisciplinary, patient-centered model that encourages teamwork between nursing staff, physicians, therapy teams, social work, care coordination, and pharmacists. University of Iowa Health Care is recognized as one of the best hospitals in the United States, Iowa's only comprehensive academic medical center, and a regional referral center, with over 12,000 employees, students, and volunteers working together to provide safe, quality health care.

Requirements

Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills with patients/families, nursing staff, and interdisciplinary team members as demonstrated through written and verbal interactions.
General computer skills are required, including proficiency in managing multiple databases including Microsoft Excel.
Current license to practice nursing in Iowa is required by date of hire.

Nice To Haves

Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing is highly desired.
If Baccalaureate degree in Nursing is not yet obtained, active enrollment in a BSN program is desirable.
A resume is required as part of the application process.

Responsibilities

Applies nursing theory to the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of patient responses to health and illness.
Assesses patient health care preferences and expectations.
Collaboratively coordinates the continuum of care across settings.
Develops patient care plan based on patient condition, age, and psychological, educational, and socioeconomic conditions that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
Implements patient care plan according to patient priorities, which includes interventions identified through nursing diagnoses.
Documents/reports interventions and patient/family response.
Collaborates and integrates contributions of patients and families into multidisciplinary patient care plan.
Develops, coordinates and implements transfer/discharge planning throughout episode of care.
Implements nursing interventions according to department, division, and/or unit policies, procedures, and protocols to maintain safe environment for patients, visitors and staff.
Follows universal precautions.