RN Acute-Blank Neonatal Intesive Care Unit

Responsibilities

• Provides and coordinates nursing care to patients utilizing the nursing process.
• Completes documentation to assure an accurate record of patient’s care.
• Utilizes critical thinking in making independent judgments, and maintains responsibility for the knowledge of conditions of assigned patients.
• Collaborates with physicians and other professionals in planning and implementing care within hospital policy and legal limitations.
• Affirms needs of patients and families, provides appropriate teaching to facilitate discharge planning, and makes the necessary referrals to community agencies to provide continuity of care.
• Demonstrates professional development by keeping abreast of current nursing practice and healthcare trends.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing or IA Board of Nursing approved nursing program.
• Licenses/Certifications: Current licensure in good standing to practice as a Registered Nurse in Iowa.
• Experience: Minimum of twelve months acute RN experience.
• Other: Level 3 Medium Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.