Med Surg (RN)

Setting: 25-bed Critical Access Hospital Unit: 20 Med/Surg beds, four labor, delivery, recovery, and postpartum rooms, and one postpartum/C-section preparation room Requirements At least 2 years of Med/Surg experience Previous Critical Access Hospital experience required Active Iowa RN license; AHA BLS, ACLS, and PALS Experience caring for a patient under age 18 ; the Med/Surg unit occasionally cares for pediatric patients Ability to work independently and serve as backup charge nurse Previous charge experience strongly preferred; Epic experience preferred Schedule and patient care Patients: Skilled care, acute and observation patients, and same-day surgical patients Med/Surg census: Typically 8–10 patients Ratio: Typically 1:3–4, up to 1:5 Support: CNAs on both shifts Weekends: Every other weekend Holidays: Rotating coverage Floating: To comparable units as needed