New Graduate Nurse Resident - Med/Surg Observation
Company: Norman Regional Health System
Location: Jones
Posted on: May 17, 2024
Job Description:
Overview: Compensation / Benefits
- $20/hr.
- Rate will increase after passing NCLEX.
- Evening differential $2.50/hr.
- Night differential $3.00/hr.
- Weekend differential $3.00/hr.
- Benefits include medical, dental, vision, short-term
disability, long-term disability, life insurance, paid time off
(PTO), paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, scholarship
opportunities, retirement plans, free parking, and opportunities
for advancement -Our Med/Surg Observation Unit is a fast paced 16
bed telemetry/medical-surgical unit. - Common problems seen in our
unit include chest pain, syncope, congestive heart failure,
pneumonia, and diabetes. - Our nurse patient ratio ranges from 4-6
patients depending on acuity. - Our care team includes a charge
nurse and unit assistants with support from respiratory, lab, and
case management departments. - We orient new nurses to our unit by
providing an orientation program with a dedicated preceptor team,
complemented by classroom courses, and a nurse residency program
for new graduates. Take the next step of your Nursing journey and
join our amazing Med/Surg Observation Unit, where our Nurses always
deliver professional and compassionate care. Responsibilities:
- Upon completion of an accredited nursing program and under the
direct supervision of a Registered Nurse, provides general nursing
care and coordinates patient care through the life span for all
patients. Qualifications: Education
- -Provide documentation of completion of a program of registered
nursing and eligibility to write the licensure examination in
Oklahoma.
- -The graduate may continue to be employed in a Nurse Resident
role until licensed, provided that the first licensure examination
is taken within 90 days - -after graduation and the examination is
passed within 6 months of graduation, on either the first or the
second attempt.
- -If the examination is failed after the second attempt, the
Nurse Resident can no longer remain in the Nurse Resident
position.
- Graduates of registered nursing program with concurrent LPN
license will also be placed in Nurse Resident role.Experience
- Completion of an accredited nursing program.Licensure /
Certification
- Active Oklahoma LPN license or active Multistate LPN/LVN
license, if applicable.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) training or re-training is required
during orientation prior to providing patient care.
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) is required to be maintained
thru re-training for duration of employment.
- Complete the 1yr Vizient Nurse Residency Program.
Keywords: Norman Regional Health System, Norman , New Graduate Nurse Resident - Med/Surg Observation, Healthcare , Jones, Oklahoma
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