Registered Nurse - Inpatient

If you're an RN looking for a positive workplace culture focused on safety, quality and excellence, consider becoming part of the Astera team! Astera Health currently has a Registered Nurse (RN) opening at the Wadena campus.

This position is part-time: 48 hours per biweekly pay period, 12-hour night shifts, with every third holiday and weekend rotation schedule.

Some responsibilities of the Inpatient RN include, but are not limited to the following:

• Uses and documents the nursing process to provide individualized patient-focused care from admission to discharge
• Coordinates the nursing plan of care with the medical plan of care in the development and implementation of the Patient Care Plan
• Assists the physician with rounds, physical examinations and procedures
• Maintains updated age-specific competencies for infant, child, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients
• Performs patient care activities to provide for the physical, social, psychological and spiritual needs of the patient/family
• Safely administers treatments and medications

Essential Duties:

• Supports the mission of Astera Health through personal conduct and behaviors that contribute ideas and suggestions, is helpful and friendly, demonstrates regular attendance and punctuality, and adheres to organizational policies and rules.
• Be a role model of Astera Health culture and core values.
• Uses and documents the nursing process to provide individualized patient-focused care from admission to discharge.
• Delegates appropriate responsibilities to other nursing personnel based on their skill, experience, and competency level consistent with patient care needs. Provides direction and oversight of the patient care that is delegated.
• Coordinates the nursing plan of care with the medical plan of care in the development and implementation of the Patient Care Plan. On admission, establishes and updates Plan of Care daily, uses age-appropriate data to develop care plans.
• Assists the providers with rounds, physical examinations, and procedures. Initiates and implements provider orders.
• Maintains updated age-specific competencies for infant, child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
• Performs nursing interventions to provide for the physical, social, psychological, and spiritual needs of the patient/family.
• Safely administers treatments, performs nursing procedures, maintains, and safely uses therapeutic equipment to carry out provider orders which relate to the practice of nursing.
• Observes, assesses, reports and documents subjective/objective data to maintain an accurate and timely medical record, i.e., patient's condition, reaction to drugs, treatments, significant incidents, medications administered, response to pain management, intake and output, vital signs.
• Safely administers medications including but not limited to oral, injectable, topical, inhalation, intravenous, and blood components. Follows proper procedure to ensure safe medication administration and considers age and size and individual needs of patients, including need for pain management. IV administration includes:
• Venipuncture and initiation of IV therapy.
• Initiating and monitoring IV rates and IV infusion pumps.
• Daily maintenance care of IV site, including tubing changes.
• Verifying, initiating, monitoring, and discontinuing IV's. including blood and/or blood components.
• Reports all unusual conditions or reactions to RN Supervisor, or to provider as appropriate to assist with safe provision of care.
• Establishes and performs ongoing culturally sensitive patient/family teaching and discharge planning to meet the identified goals of the patient care plan. Encourages patient/family participation in assuring a safe hospital experience.
• Initiates and/or assists with Basic Life Support in cardiopulmonary arrest (when indicated) and maintains BLS Certificate as a minimum requirement. Uses appropriate age and size related equipment for emergencies.
• Successfully completes trauma training including TNCC, CALS or in-house training that meets trauma system criteria requirements within 1-year of hire.
• Complies and assists others to comply with established policies and procedures for safety and infection prevention when observing and/or giving direct patient care to ensure the well-being of the patient, family, visitors and staff, i.e., restraints, fire, universal precautions and transmission-based precautions.
• Relays and interprets patient data and information to ancillary departments and health agencies to accommodate continuity of care.
• Participates in performance improvement initiatives. Identifies problems and acts on opportunities for improvement for informal as well as formal patient needs and processes. Is especially concerned with patient safety and reduction in errors.
• Maybe required to float with consideration given to skill, experience, and competency level and based on organizational needs. Refer to the Life Support and Resuscitation Training requirements policy for unit specific training and certification standards.

Physical Requirements

• Medium Duty: exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally or 10 to 15 pounds of force frequently or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects (based on U.S.
• Department of Labor data).

The following physical activities are required to perform this job

Occasionally (up to 33% of work time): Standing, sitting, lifting, pushing, pulling, kneeling, crouching, smelling, color vision.

Frequently (34-66% of work time): Walking, carrying, stooping, reaching, handling, fingering, talking, hearing, near acuity vision.

Astera Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship status, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, compensation, benefits, training, termination, promotions, or any other condition of employment or career development.

Required

Education:

• Graduate from a Registered Nursing education program.
• Continuing education required in nursing to maintain active Licensure.

Certifications:

• Maintain active BLS certification.