UI Health Care - Nurse Residency Program

Overview

The University of Iowa Health Care is seeking Nursing Grads for their Nurse Residency Program. Qualified candidates can earn a sign-on incentive of up to $7,500.

Responsibilities

• Applies nursing theory to the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of patient responses to health and illness.
• Affirms patient health care preferences and expectations.
• Collaboratively coordinates the continuum of care across settings.
• Develops patient care plan based on patient condition, age, and psychological, educational, and socioeconomic conditions that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
• Documents/reports interventions and patient/family response.
• Collaborates and integrates contributions of patients and families into multidisciplinary patient care plan.
• Develops, coordinates and implements transfer/discharge planning throughout episode of care.
• Implements nursing interventions according to department, division, and/or unit policies, procedures, and protocols to maintain safe environment for patients, visitors and staff.
• Follows universal precautions.

Requirements

The Nurse Residency Program at the University of Iowa is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Through your first year as a Registered Nurse at UI Health Care, you will receive additional support and training from the Nurse Residency Program Coordinator, Nurse Educators, and clinically experienced preceptors. Monthly Resident Program classes/meetings will supplement your unit based orientation with additional hands on training, expert lectures and facilitator lead small group discussions.

Qualifications

• Must include the month and year of your anticipated graduation.
• Include information from your internship/externship experiences and clinical rotation experiences.
• Describe the experience (summer externship, senior internship, preceptorship, role transition, clinical rotation).
• Include the hospital or facility where these were completed.
• Include the type of unit you were working on.
• Include the hours completed in each area.
• Include the dates of each clinical (month and year).
• Include certifications you have earned during your work experiences or academic nursing program (i.e. ACLS/PALS, CNA, etc).

Skills

N/A

Benefits

• Fringe benefit package including paid vacation; sick leave; health, dental, life and disability insurance options; and generous employer contributions into retirement plans.
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Pay

$60,000 minimum at 100% effort to commensurate *This does not include differentials. Salary will vary based on years of experience and percent of effort.

Schedule

Varies by unit

Location

University Campus, Downtown Campus, or North Liberty Campus