RN
Westwood Nursing and Rehabilitation
Decaturville, Tennessee
Posted Sep 21 · New grads welcomed
- License
- RN license RN License is required.
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed Prior experience preferred but new grads are welcomed!
- License
- RN License RN License is required.
Preferred
- Also asks
- Prior experience
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates. See program calendars.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies →4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- Monitor patient condition and assess needs to provide care and advice Monitor patient’s condition and assess their needs to provide the best possible care and advice.
- Day to day
- Observe and interpret symptoms and communicate to physicians Observe and interpret patient’s symptoms and communicate them to physicians
- Day to day
- Collaborate with physicians and nurses to devise individualized care plans Collaborate with physicians and other nurses to devise individualized care plans for patients.
- Day to day
- Perform routine procedures and fill in charts Perform routine procedures (blood pressure measurements, administering injections etc.) and fill in patients’ charts.
- Day to day
- Adjust and administer medication and provide treatments per orders Adjust and administer patient’s medication and provide treatments according to physician’s orders.
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?
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Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN)
Duties
- Monitor patient’s condition and assess their needs to provide the best possible care and advice.
- Observe and interpret patient’s symptoms and communicate them to physicians
- Collaborate with physicians and other nurses to devise individualized care plans for patients.
- Perform routine procedures (blood pressure measurements, administering injections etc.) and fill in patients’ charts.
- Adjust and administer patient’s medication and provide treatments according to physician’s orders.
Qualifications
- RN License is required.
- Prior experience preferred but new grads are welcomed!
What's around it?
Decaturville, TN
Living costs about 8% below the US average