Nurse Exploration Program - GNs

Position: Nurse Exploration Program - GNs welcome!
Job Summary

* The Nurse Exploration Program is a 12-month individualized program with dedicated mentors and preceptors, designed specifically for new graduate nurses. Graduate Nurses will build a solid foundation in nursing while working on the R3S Medical Unit at Reading Hospital. Toward the end of the program, nurses will have the opportunity to shadow on three different specialty units to help optimize their career path.

* Delivers excellent nursing care through evaluations, planning, implementation, and documentation while serving a diverse patient population with complex concerns.

* Performs various patient tests and administers medications within the scope of practice of the registered nurse.

* Promotes patients' independence by establishing patient care goals and teaching patients and families to understand conditions, medications, and self-care skills.

* Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.

Unit Overview:

R3S-Medical Unit: 36 bed medical unit serving adults with varying medical needs such as sepsis, cellulitis, gastrointestinal bleed, pneumonia, diabetic complications, urinary tract infection and other general medical needs. R3S works as a collaborative team to care for our patients to provide the best possible outcomes while maintaining patient's preference. The unit care team on R3S, among others who care for the patients, is comprised of RN, patient care assistant, care manager, respiratory care, clinical nurse specialists and providers.

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Qualifications

Education Requirements

* Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing

Certification and Licensure

* PA Registered Nurse Temporary Practice Permit or Registered Nurse License

Why Reading Hospital?

* 2023 America's 50 Best Hospitals Award

* 697 bed teaching hospital

* 115 bed Emergency Department

* Recipient of Excellence Award:
Stroke Care, Neurosciences, Pulmonary Care, and Critical Care

* Magnet Status

* Level I Trauma Center

* Level III NICU

* Ranked Among Top Ten Hospitals in Pennsylvania

* 5-Star Rating for Overall Hospital Quality

* Vizient Graduate Nurse Residency Program for all new RN grads

* Comprehensive benefits to include earned time off, enhanced tuition assistance, retirement savings with employer match and so much more!

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Overview

Tower Health, a regional healthcare system, serves communities across multiple counties in Pennsylvania. Its network includes Reading Hospital, Phoenixville Hospital, Pottstown Hospital, and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (in partnership with Drexel University). Committed to academic medicine and training, Tower Health offers various programs, including residency and fellowship programs, the Drexel University College of Medicine at Tower Health, and the Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences.

Additionally, the system provides a wide range of healthcare services, such as Reading Hospital Rehabilitation at Wyomissing, home healthcare via Tower Health at Home, Tower Direct ambulance and emergency response, Tower Health Medical Group, Tower Health Providers (a clinically integrated network), and Tower Health Urgent Care facilities across its service area