Registered Nurse - Inpatient Services

Registered Nurse

At Mahaska Health a Registered Nurse is responsible for the delivery of patient care through the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Coordinates patient education and activities of interdisciplinary personnel while maintaining standards of professional nursing in accordance with the established methods and procedures of Mahaska Health Partnership.

Responsibilities

Essential Job Functions include but are not limited to:

• Gives skilled nursing care to assigned patients.
• Assess and document the physical, psychological, spiritual, and social dimensions of patients on admission.
• Establish treatment priorities based on medical and nursing diagnosis.
• Initiate, implement, and modify an interdisciplinary plan of care individualized to each patient's assessed needs including family.
• Utilize all available resources in planning care and consult as necessary with physicians, supervisors, and interdisciplinary services.
• Provide ongoing reassessment and documentation of the patient's status.
• Perceive patient problems and/or complications through assessment skills and implement appropriate action.
• Document nursing intervention and patient response.
• Safely prepare, administer, and document medications and IV therapy.
• Assess for and provide patient and family education at their level of understanding regarding disease process and treatment plan.
• Must be able to perform the physical demands of the job.
• Maintains regular and reliable attendance.
• Organize workload effectively to accomplish care in a timely manner.
• Utilize documentation methods as approved by the Mahaska Health Partnership.
• Accurately transcribe and communicate oral and written physician orders.
• Communicate pertinent information regarding the patient's status to appropriate interdisciplinary team members in a timely manner.
• Ability to correctly recognize abnormal labor situations and take proper action per departmental protocol.
• Possess the ability to perform accurate vaginal exams, call physician for delivery at the appropriate time, and interpret fetal monitor tracings.

Qualifications

Requirements include but are not limited to:

• A graduate from an accredited school of nursing and currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of Iowa (or) a graduate from an accredited school of nursing and currently licensed as a Registered Nurse able to work in the state of Iowa.
• Required to be current in BLS (Basic Life Support) by the standards of the American Heart Association.
• Required to show proof of having completed Mandatory Reporter course at time of hire or attend within 6 months of start date.
• Must adhere to all training requirements as mandated by Federal, State, and Professional licensure and regulatory standards.
• Required to be certified in NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) within one year of hire.
• Under supervision of preceptor, must have Birthing Center orientation entailing vaginal labor/delivery cases, cesarean section cases, post partum and newborn care. The exact time will be based upon each R.N.'s necessary learning needs.