RN - 8th SOUTHWEST ORTHOPAEDICS
Provides safe therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way.
- Unit and setting
- 8th Southwest Orthopaedics · Hospital RN - 8th SOUTHWEST ORTHOPAEDICS
- License
- RN licenseAlabama Board of Nursing License
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed
- License
- Alabama Board of Nursing License Check your license
- Certification
- BLS within 90 days of hire BLS must be obtained within 90 days of hire date
- Education
- graduate from a school of nursing Graduate from a school of nursing
Preferred
- Experience
- 1 to 2 years of Med/Surg experience 1 to 2 years of Med/ Surg experience
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies4–6 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 jobs2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questionsAround graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- provides safe therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way Provides safe therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way.
- Day to day
- incorporates differences into the provision of care Incorporates differences into the provision of care.
- Day to day
- integrates knowledge, skills, and experiences to meet patient and family needs including education Integrates knowledge, skills, and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum to include patient and family education.
- Day to day
- utilizes standards, guidelines, protocols, or pathways for care delivery Utilizes standards, guidelines, protocols, or pathways for care delivery.
- Day to day
- incorporates data and information to improve care, practice, and outcomes Incorporates data and information to continuously improve care and practice to enhance outcomes.
- Day to day
- administers medications according to standard nursing practice Administers Medications according to standard nursing practice.
- Day to day
- assumes responsibility for self-development to improve practice settings Ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development.
The workplace
You would be joining East Alabama Health at its Opelika flagship, East Alabama Medical Center on Pepperell Parkway—a 24/7 hospital that anchors a three-hospital system serving eleven counties. The system has grown past 4,100 employees and 400 physicians, with a…
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- 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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Eamc mission
At East Alabama Medical Center, our mission is high quality, compassionate health care, and that statement guides everything we do. We set high standards for customer service, quality, and keeping costs under control.
Position summary
Provides safe therapeutic care in a holistic and systematic way. Incorporates differences into the provision of care. Integrates knowledge, skills, and experiences to meet the needs of patients and families throughout the continuum to include patient and family education. Utilizes standards, guidelines, protocols, or pathways for care delivery. Incorporates data and information to continuously improve care and practice to enhance outcomes. Administers Medications according to standard nursing practice. Ensures improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development.
Position qualifications
Minimum Education
- Graduate from a school of nursing
- Minimum Experience
- N/A
- Required Registration/License/Certification
- Alabama Board of Nursing License
- BLS must be obtained within 90 days of hire date
- Preferred Education
- BSN
- Preferred Experience
- 1 to 2 years of Med/ Surg experience
- Preferred Registration/License/Certification
- N/A
- Other Requirements
- N/A
What's around it?
Opelika, ALFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 12% below the US average
- Median rent
- $950/mo
- Household income
- $65,004/yr, all local households, not nurse pay