Be Better. Be Renown.
It's more than your skills and expertise. More than your anticipation of the needs of those around you. It's your dedication to your patients and your peers. Because for you, it's not just about being better, it's about being renown.
Renown Health is northern Nevada's leading health network-and a place where better is a way of life. With over 300 sunny days and over 4,000 acres of parks, your opportunities outside of work can be as enriching as at work. Because just as you strive to give each patient all that you have, we strive to do the same for you.
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
This 30-bed unit sees babies who are born too soon, too small or with serious illnesses or conditions. Because of its Regional Level II Unit designation infants are transported from within a 100-mile radius of the Reno area. Expansion plans are underway.
NATURE AND SCOPE:
The Registered Nurse must provide optimal patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients and families. The Registered Nurse must demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care based on physical, motor/sensor, psychosocial, and safety appropriate to the age of the patient served and meets standards of quality as measured by the unit/department age specific competency standards. When possible, the family or those significant to the family are considered as part of the assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation efforts of the Registered Nurse. The Registered Nurse coordinates care between other professionals. Evidence based nursing practice, along with critical thinking skills are required to provide optimally safe patient care when interacting with internal and external contacts and exercising judgment and making decisions. Professional nursing practice is congruent with the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Graduate of an accredited nursing program, either with an Associates' Degree, Diploma or a Bachelor's Degree in nursing. Requires the ability to read, write and speak English.
License(s)/ Requires a current Nevada State RN license.
Certification(s): Current BLS certification by the American Heart Association standards required.
