RN - MS

Registered Nurse (RN)

The surgical renal unit is a small, family-oriented environment that fosters exceptional nursing skills and promotes a close-knit work family. This unit features 19 beds and provides services for complex patients with a range of medical needs, including:

• Acute and chronic renal failure
• Hypertension
• Diabetes
• Head and neck cancer
• Thyroid cancer
• Heart failure
• Chronic wounds
• Paraplegia and quadriplegia care

The team is also responsible for the care of kidney transplant recipients and living donors, offering an outpatient infusion room for new kidney transplant patients post-discharge.

Critical care for critically ill adult patients is delivered across three dedicated units staffed by a unified nursing team. These include:

• Critical Care 2000: 12-bed pulmonary/medical unit
• Critical Care 3000: 15-bed trauma, surgical, and neurocritical care unit
• Critical Care 2800: 12-bed acuity adaptable unit for cardiothoracic and vascular surgery patients

All units operate 24/7 with in-house intensivist services and coordinated daily coverage by specialty teams: pulmonary, surgical, and neurocritical care.

Plan and coordinate patient care, assessments, education, triage, and nursing interventions. Collaborate with colleagues, including physicians, to develop and implement patient care plans. Provide empathetic care throughout all stages of preventive services, health maintenance, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. Demonstrate competency and utilize comprehensive nursing expertise effectively.

Navy blue scrubs are required for all staff members.

Current Registered Nurse licensure in South Dakota. Minimum of 1 year of experience working with surgical patients.

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required.

This unit utilizes computerized charting, medication systems, PCA and epidural pumps, and telemetry for patient monitoring and documentation.