Staff Nurse - Cardiac Rehab Campus

Qualified candidates are eligible for a sign-on bonus up to $10,000 (based on years of experience)

A career with University of Iowa Health Care is more than a job. Here, you’re part of something greater, something bigger. Our downtown campus is a 194-bed hospital (located at 500 E Market Street, Iowa City) providing a community-based model of care while directly connected to the expertise, technology, collaboration, and support of our entire health system. Join the team at our downtown campus.

You’ll find meaning and purpose knowing that your work helps make all of Iowa better.

Assess patients’ nursing care needs, evaluate effectiveness of care provided, and integrate nursing theory and research into clinical practice. Provide leadership to members of the nursing team in order to maintain patient care standards.

• Incorporates scientific, behavioral and humanistic principles for application to clinical practice.
• Provide patient care and education in Phase I, II, III and Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) patients population in the inpatient and outpatient setting.
• Assess patient risk factors that are modifiable and demonstrate ability to offer support and strategies to aid patients in successful lifestyle changes.
• Understands and utilizes contemporary theories of health behavior change in helping patients identify learning and lifestyle modification goals.
• Responsible for telemetry monitoring and blood pressure measurement and oxygen saturation when indicated.
• Assesses patients pre, during and post exercise, making appropriate referrals and/or recommendations to the patient, other staff, and Medical Director/Supervising Physician.
• Immediately reports any new, changing and/or significant patient conditions (dysrhythmias, abnormal blood pressure responses, change in patient status, etc.) to the physician supervising the program.
• Utilizes, adheres and supports departmental standards and practice guidelines.
• Applies nursing theory to the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of patient responses to health and illness.
• Assesses patient health care preferences and expectations.
• Collaboratively coordinates the continuum of care across settings.
• Develops patient care plan based on patient condition, age, and psychological, educational, and socioeconomic conditions that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
• Implements patient care plan according to patient priorities, which includes interventions identified through nursing diagnoses. Documents/reports interventions and patient/family response.
• Collaborates and integrates contributions of patients and families into multidisciplinary patient care plan.
• Develops, coordinates and implements transfer/discharge planning throughout episode of care.
• Implements nursing interventions according to department, division, and/or unit policies, procedures, and protocols to maintain safe environment for patients, visitors and staff. Follows universal precautions.
• Implements emergency care procedures in potential or actual emergencies according to departmental policies, procedures and protocols.
• Maintains skills/competency related to special equipment, medications, and procedures common to the patient population of the unit/division.
• Evaluates patient’s response to multidisciplinary care.
• Uses evaluation data to revise and implement change.
• Assumes accountability for the provision of care for patients.
• Assumes responsibility for care provided by self and other staff members under the nurse's direction.
• Evaluates the quality of nursing care provided by other staff members.
• Participates as a member of the health care team utilizing effective communication skills.
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