RN – Med/Surg
Urbana, Illinois
Provides high-quality nursing care in a hospital unit with private and semi-private rooms, focusing on common diagnoses such as diabetes, cellulitis, CHF exacerbation, infections, sepsis, pain management, and cardiac issues.
Posted Jul 19
- Unit and setting
- hospital unit with private and semi-private rooms · Hospital diabetes, cellulitis, CHF exacerbation, infections, sepsis, pain management, and cardiac issues
- License
- RN license Current RN license, BLS certification, and relevant educational background.Current RN license
Do you qualify?
- License
- Current RN license Current RN license, BLS certification, and relevant educational background.
- Certification
- BLS certification
- Education
- relevant educational background
- Also asks
- Strong communication, teamwork, critical thinking, and patient safety focus Strong communication, teamwork, critical thinking, and patient safety focus are essential.
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- patient assessments Performs patient assessments, develops and implements individualized care plans, documents care activities, and ensures patient safety through adherence to safety protocols.
- Day to day
- develop and implement individualized care plans
- Day to day
- document care activities
- Day to day
- ensure patient safety through adherence to safety protocols
- Day to day
- delegate tasks to healthcare team members Delegates tasks to healthcare team members, manages medication administration following the five rights, and responds promptly to patient needs.
- Day to day
- manage medication administration following the five rights
- Day to day
- respond promptly to patient needs
- Day to day
- maintain effective communication within the healthcare team Maintains effective communication within the healthcare team, promotes a positive work environment, and ensures compliance with departmental standards.
- Day to day
- promote a positive work environment
- Day to day
- ensure compliance with departmental standards
- Day to day
- evaluate patient conditions and adjust care using critical thinking Uses critical thinking to evaluate patient conditions and adjusts care accordingly.
- Details
- private and semi-private rooms
The workplace
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Med surg is open from year one. A broad first base while you learn which path pulls harder.
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Role
Overview
Provides high-quality nursing care in a hospital unit with private and semi-private rooms, focusing on common diagnoses such as diabetes, cellulitis, CHF exacerbation, infections, sepsis, pain management, and cardiac issues.
Responsibilities
Performs patient assessments, develops and implements individualized care plans, documents care activities, and ensures patient safety through adherence to safety protocols. Delegates tasks to healthcare team members, manages medication administration following the five rights, and responds promptly to patient needs. Maintains effective communication within the healthcare team, promotes a positive work environment, and ensures compliance with departmental standards. Uses critical thinking to evaluate patient conditions and adjusts care accordingly.
- Qualifications & Skills:
Current RN license, BLS certification, and relevant educational background. Strong communication, teamwork, critical thinking, and patient safety focus are essential.
What's around it?
Urbana, ILFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 7% below the US average
- Median rent
- $972/mo
- Household income
- $45,346/yr, all local households, not nurse pay