Registered Nurse (RN) | Med Surg | PRN

Position Highlights

Positive Work Environment: Join a team that lives the mission through excellent care and supportive teamwork.

Career Growth: We believe great employees are our best investment—grow your career while being part of the Avera team!

Work Schedule

PRN | Varied As Needed

A Brief Overview

Delivers Nursing Care by developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions; providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends to understand patient conditions, medications, and self-care skills; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives.

What You Will Do

• Provides patient care by reviewing physician prescriptions;
• Communicating the nursing care plan and all pertinent information to other members of the health care team;
• Coordinating with other healthcare providers;
• Providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends;
• Conferring with physicians.

Develops Nursing Care Plans

• Obtaining medical histories;
• Examining patients;
• Documenting patient physical condition, psychological status, and influencing social factors;
• Conferencing with family and friends;
• Developing a nursing diagnosis;
• Establishing nursing care objectives;
• Defining nursing interventions, schedules, and timetables.

Teaches Healthcare Requirements

• Establishing patient care goals;
• Instructing patient, family, and friends to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills;
• Answering questions;
• Providing information and resources.

Evaluates Patient Care

• Adhering to therapeutic standards;
• Making measurements against patient care standards;
• Reviewing patient records;
• Note changes and needs;
• Re-evaluating care objectives;
• Modifying nursing care plan.

Documents Patient Care Services

• Charting in patient and department records.

Keeps Patient Care Equipment Operating

• Following operating instructions and established procedures;
• Troubleshooting breakdowns;
• Maintaining supplies;
• Performing preventive maintenance;
• Calling for repairs.

Keeps Patient Care Supplies Ready

• Checking stock;
• Anticipating needs;
• Placing and expediting orders;
• Verifying receipt;
• Stocking items.

Maintains Competence in Nursing Capabilities

• Outlining by leadership.

Essential Qualifications

• The individual must be able to work the hours specified.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds.