Registered Nurse - PACU - University Hospital

Description

Are you an upcoming nurse graduate or recent nurse graduate? Please apply through our pipeline requisition here: www.iuhealth.org/ApplyRN This pipeline requisition allows the IU Health Talent Acquisition team to pair upcoming & recent nurse graduates with the best opportunities available to them based on their unique skillset and interests. Thanks for your interest in joining the team!

Indiana University Health is looking for passionate, experienced nurses to join our team and collaborate with top medical professionals. 

 

At IU Health, you will learn and develop your career in significant ways, advancing healthcare and delivering the highest level of patient care. Being an IU Health nurse means building a professional nursing career designed by a culture that accepts your outstanding strengths and supports your personal and professional goals. If you are seeking an organization where you can develop clinical expertise, explore diverse career opportunities, embrace learning, cultivate new relationships, and fuel your spirit of inquiry, apply today. 

 

If you are a team player and eager to learn and grow your more critical nursing skills, this PACU unit has availability for nurses. We recover patients from a variety of procedure and surgical areas post-anesthesia. We are open Monday – Friday some on-call on the weekends and weeknights that is rotating with all staff.

 

Shift: Days -  4-10 hr shifts 10a-8:30p.  Call on nights, weekends, and holidays. 

   Patient Population/Diagnoses:

• PACU-post surgical patients - General, ENT, Urology, Plastics, Ortho, Thoracic, GYN, Transplant, IR, GI, and ERCP
• outpatient post-surgical patients

 

Number of Beds

• PACU- 15 bays

 

         Nursing skills gained:

•  PACU- epidurals, CADD pumps, vent management, art lines, assessment skills, lab draws, PCAs, pain/nausea management, ACLS, PALS

 

          Unit Successes/Designations/National recognition:

• Magnet
• ERAS
• ERCP procedures

 

Unit Culture Highlights:

• NPG Committees
• Healthy Work Environment committee 
• Spirit Days
• Activities outside of work