Staff Nurse - Spinal Team - North Liberty Orthopedics

Job description

Staff Nurse - Spinal Team - North Liberty Orthopedics - ( 26003001 ) Description University of Iowa Health Care Department of Nursing is seeking a 100% Staff Nurse to join the Orthopedic Spinal team at the North Liberty Hospital. Description - External Position Summary: - Assess patients' nursing care needs, evaluate effectiveness of care provided, and integrate nursing theory and research into clinical practice. Provide leadership to members of the nursing team in order to maintain patient care standards. Duties to include: - Applies nursing theory to the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of patient responses to health and illness - Assesses 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. - Implements patient care plan according to patient priorities, which includes interventions identified through nursing diagnoses. Documents/reports interventions and patient/family response. - Collaborates and integrates contributio...