Registered Nurse; RN | Orthopedic Trauma Unit

Overview

Location: Avera McKennan Hospital

Worker Type: Regular

Work Shift: Rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends (United States of America)

Pay Range: The pay range for this position is listed below. Actual pay rate dependent upon experience.

$32.50 - $48.50

Position Highlights

This position may be eligible for a Sign On Bonus up to $15,000!

What Makes Orthopedics Special?

• Safe Patient Ratios: 1 nursing professional: 4-5 patients
• Zero tolerance for workplace violence, this team cares for YOU!
• Positive Work Environment: Be part of an organization where we practice the mission in our daily operations and demonstrate our pride by delivering excellent care.
• Career Growth: You have the opportunity to go beyond licensure and employment requirements
  • Educational Simulation
  • RN Committee Membership
  • Professional Achievement Program
  • Leadership Development
• New In-Unit Massage Chair for all Ortho staff!!!

If you are a nurse that….

• Wants to know they are practicing in a safe work environment? Then come to Orthopedics at McKennan! You can expect a consistent patient ratio of 1:4 or 1:5  leaders here care about YOU, and will do whatever it takes to ensure that ratio remains optimal for your ability to not only care for your patients, but yourself in your practice.

• Is looking for a teamwork focused environment, this is the perfect fit for YOU! Team members are very cohesive, and operate as one, collective team. Maria, Kelsey, and Stephanie, do an excellent job bringing their people together.

• Wants a readily available support, and to be heard? Then this is the unit for you!!! Maria, Kelsey and Stephanie, are true nursing leaders and are ready to take action to best support you and your patients when needed. Kelsey and Stephanie (unit supervisors) even work 2-3 floor shifts per schedule – they are present, and well-equipped to be practicing nursing professionals alongside YOU.

• Desires complexity and diversity in the cares you offer your patient-load? Then look no further than Orthopedics!!! A multitude of patient types are found on the unit; from hip fractures, to amputees, knee replacements, motor vehicle accident traumas, and so on, know that this unit will keep you on your toes and engaged in continuous learning!

Then this is the role for YOU!!!

• Hours:
  • Registered Nurse - 7a-7:30p, 7p-7:30a (every 3rd weekend & holiday); varied shifts between days/nights
  • $3 SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL is available for hours worked between 7p and 7a, $2 on weekends, and $5 on weekend nights!!!

You Belong at Avera

Be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

Delivers Nursing Care by developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions; providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends to understand patient conditions, medications, and self-care skills; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives.

• Provides patient care by reviewing physician prescriptions; communicating the nursing care plan and all pertinent information to other members of the health care team; coordinating with other healthcare providers; providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends; conferring with physicians.
• Develops nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories; examining patients; documenting patient physical condition, psychological status, and influencing social factors; conferring with family and friends; developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions, schedules, and timetables.
• Teaches healthcare requirements by establishing patient care goals; instructing patient, family, and friends to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions; providing information and resources.
• Evaluates patient care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care standards; reviewing patient records; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives;…