RN – Pediatric​/Adult Surgical Registered Nurse

Employment Type: Full time Shift: 12 Hour Day Shift

Mission Statement: We, Mercy One Trinity Health, serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.

• Reverence: We honor the sacredness and dignity of every person.
• Commitment to Those who are Poor: We stand with and serve those who are poor, especially those most vulnerable.
• Safety: We embrace a culture that prevents harm and nurtures a healing, safe environment for all.
• Justice: We foster right relationships to promote the common good, including sustainability of Earth.
• Stewardship: We honor our heritage and hold ourselves accountable for the human, financial and natural resources entrusted to our care.
• Integrity: We are faithful to those we say we are.

Position Title: RN

Department: Pediatrics/Adult Surgical

Hours: 7am-7:30pm

Shift: 1st shift

Status: .9 (36 hours a week)

Provides and directs safe, effective, and culturally competent care for women, newborns, and pediatric patients. Utilizes evidence-based practice and critical thinking to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate outcome-based care. Manages a diverse patient population across labor and delivery, postpartum, newborn nursery, pediatrics, and/or pediatric intensive care, with varying levels of acuity. Supervises and coordinates care provided by LPNs, Patient Care Technicians/Assistants, and other team members, while ensuring clear communication with physicians, families, and the interdisciplinary team.

Adheres to Mercy One’s performance expectations and upholds the Mission, Vision, and Values of Mercy One.

• Make an initial assessment of new admissions within 30 minutes of the patient’s arrival to the unit.
• Complete all areas of the admission assessment database within 24 hours of admission.

• Initiate the patient problem list and incorporate relevant obstetric, neonatal, or pediatric history into the plan of care.
• Analyze and interpret assessment data to identify desired outcomes/goals for mother and child.
• Determine nursing interventions to achieve those outcomes/goals.
• Prioritize care needs for both mother and infant.
• Identify and make appropriate referrals (e.g., Lactation Consultant, Social Services, Nutritional Services, Spiritual Care).

• Assign and coordinate patient care based on acuity and team member competencies.
• Organize and prioritize care for mothers, newborns, and pediatric patients.
• Delegate tasks appropriately to other team members.
• Implement the plan of care including procedures, treatments, physician orders, nursing orders, education plans, and medications.
• Coordinate implementation with Case Manager, Social Worker, and other disciplines.
• Assist in discharge planning, ensuring families have resources for newborn care, breastfeeding support, and pediatric follow-up.
• Use nursing judgment to determine frequency and components of reassessment.
• Reassess at regular intervals to monitor maternal recovery and newborn/pediatric progress.
• Document discharge instructions for mother, infant, and/or caregiver.

• Evaluate maternal and pediatric response(s) to interventions.
• Update the plan of care based on ongoing reassessments.
• Revise problem list and outcomes/goals as conditions change.

• Evaluate patient response(s) to interventions.
• Review/modifies/revises the outcome-based plan of care based on ongoing reassessments.
• Update the problem list…