Registered Nurse - Orthopedics - per diem

About the role

Orthopedics (Seton 2) is a dynamic, 24‑bed inpatient orthopedic surgical unit specializing in elective and emergent surgeries, including total knee and hip replacements, shoulder, and spinal procedures. The unit can monitor telemetry patients and emphasizes collaboration, communication, and patient‑centered care. Nurses are respected clinical partners whose work directly influences diagnostic quality and treatment outcomes. As part of Guthrie, you’ll join a collaborative, provider‑led Acute Care team with strong clinical leadership, interdisciplinary support, a mission‑driven culture grounded in compassion and excellence, the stability and resources of a large integrated health system, and a role that supports longevity, growth, and work‑life balance.

The Registered Nurse provides professional, comprehensive nursing care for patients in an acute care environment, delivering coordinated, safe, compassionate, therapeutic, evidence‑based quality care that addresses physical, emotional, and spiritual needs across the lifespan, in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act, ANA Code of Ethics, and ANA scope and standards of practice.

Responsibilities

• Employ nursing professional practice: assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care; develop and coordinate plans of care; monitor, record, and communicate patient condition; maintain essential competencies.
• Advocate for ethical and holistic care, promoting autonomy, dignity, rights, values, and beliefs.
• Facilitate learning for patients/families, nursing staff, and the healthcare team, including students.
• Align practice with safety and quality: identify and correct problems, integrate evidence and best practice, use data to improve outcomes, and balance patient, self, and environmental safety.
• Engage in ongoing professional development, practice at the top of license, and promote a culture of inquiry and evidence‑based practice.
• Demonstrate