Registered Nurse; RN or Licensed Practical Nurse; LPN - Care Center

Position Highlights

• Sioux Center Health has been awarded Top Workplace honor by The Des Moines Register.
• Winner of Best of the Northwest in 12 healthcare categories.
• Sioux County ranked #6 in the nation for being one of the healthiest communities (U.S. News & World Report & CVS).

The Long Term Care RN is responsible for directing and supervising resident care consistent with the Iowa Nursing Practice Code, Federal, State, and Sioux Center Health standards of care while promoting each resident’s highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well‑being.

8‑ or 12‑hour rotating shift; nights, weekend, call involvement.

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing for registered nurse.
• Minimum of one year of experience in Long Term Care preferred.

Current Registered Nurse license in the State of Iowa. Must obtain CPR certification within 3 months of hire date.

Utilize the “nursing process” (i.e., ongoing assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation) in the practice of nursing.

• Assess the health status of each resident.
• Formulate a nursing diagnosis based on the analysis of data from the nursing assessment.
• Plan nursing care which includes determining goals and priorities for activities based on the nursing diagnosis.
• Develop nursing interventions implementing the plan of care.
• Evaluate the individual resident’s status in relation to established goals and the plan of care.
• Recognize and understand the legal implications of accountability including, but not limited to, performing or supervising those activities and functions which require the knowledge and skill level of a registered nurse and seeking assistance when activities and functions are beyond the licensee’s scope of preparation, using professional judgment supervising unlicensed assistant personnel, and assigning and delegating activities and functions to unlicensed assistant personnel.
• Supervise, among other things, includes any or all of the following: direct observation of any activity or function; assumption of overall responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care; delegation of nursing tasks while retaining accountability; determination that nursing care being provided is adequate and delivered appropriately.
• Execute the regimen prescribed by the physician while exercising professional judgment in accordance with minimum standards of nursing practice. If the prescribed medical regimen is not carried out, notify the prescribing physician in a timely manner and document the reason(s) for not following order(s).
• Perform the following duties: read report from previous shift and write report for following shift; report and explain all pertinent resident care information to C.N.A.’s; supervise all meals and nourishment or ensure proper diet is served, nutrition and hydration needs are met, and residents are assisted as necessary; make rounds as necessary, assessing unstable residents; prepare and administer medications, nutrition, fluids and medication, and treatments as ordered;
  
  document all medications, IV fluids, and treatments as administered; supervise any restraint application and/or removal; supervise prompt response to resident’s call lights; order medications as necessary; notify pharmacy of changes/additions to resident’s drug regimen; receive medication delivery from pharmacy and check and document all drug received; supervise all resident care and assist with direct care as needed; observe, evaluate, report, and document all changes in resident’s conditions every two hours or as needed;
  
  assist in managerial responsibilities (interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems); perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Participate in the “nursing process” (i.e., ongoing assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation), consistent with accepted and prevailing practice, by…