Staff Nurse (W/Th/Fr) 90% Nights - Orthopedic Inpatient Unit - North Liberty

University of Iowa Health Care - Medical Center North Liberty Inpatient Unit is seeking a Staff Nurse to perform specific tasks to assist members of the Nursing team in providing patient care under the direct supervision of the Nurse Manager. 

Characteristic Duties and Responsibilities:

• Incorporates scientific, behavioral and humanistic principles for application to clinical practice.  

• Utilizes, adheres and supports departmental standards and practice guidelines. 

• 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.  

• Implements emergency care procedures in potential or actual emergencies according to departmental policies, procedures and protocols.  

• Maintains skills/competency related to special equipment, medications, and procedures common to the patient population of the unit/division.  

• Evaluates patient's response to multidisciplinary care.  

• Uses evaluation data to revise and implement change.  

• Assumes accountability for the provision of care for patients.   

• Assumes responsibility for care provided by self and other staff members under the nurse's direction.  

• Evaluates the quality of nursing care provided by other staff members.  

• Participates as a member of the health care team utilizing effective communication skills.  

• Participates in the development of unit, division, department and hospital policies, procedures and protocols.  

• Contributes to the solutions of staffing issues.  

• Contributes to cost containment strategies in unit.  

• Participates in projects/committees for enhanced functioning of the unit and supports unit level decision-making.  

• Responsible for the development, implementation and monitoring of an interdisciplinary plan of care.  

• Participates in ongoing strategic planning process.  

• Participates in the development and implementation of computer applications.  

• Performs other projects or tasks as assigned.  

• Develops and implements patient/family teaching plan based on identified health education needs and the condition and age of the patient.  

• Evaluates and documents effectiveness of patient/family teaching.  Revises plan of care.  

• Participates in the orientation of new nursing staff and the ongoing education of nursing personnel, as directed by the Nurse Manager or designee.  

• Participates in formal and informal teaching with health care students.  

• Serves as clinical teaching assistant for senior level nursing students as directed by the Nurse Manager or designee.  

• Participates in research utilization activities.   

• Integrates research findings into practice. 

• Applies quality improvement principals to improve patient outcomes. 

• Participates in quality improvement activities.