Med Surg RN
Urbana, Illinois
Carle Health - 611 W Park St ,

RN - Med/Surg

Location: Urbana, Illinois Employment Type: Clinical, Nursing Contract Length: 13 weeks Shift: Day, 12 hours per day, 36 hours per week

Required Qualifications

• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Valid Illinois state RN license in good standing
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association
• Minimum one (1) year of Med Surg nursing experience, with Med Surg experience within the last year

Responsibilities

• Serves as a staff RN responsible for a group of patients for a designated time frame, using the nursing process and maintaining accurate documentation.
• Completes initial patient assessments, develops and modifies plans of care, and implements nursing interventions and patient care procedures.
• Receives bedside shift report, delegates patient care tasks to assigned HCTs, and validates their completion.
• Performs basic RN patient care, including vital sign interpretation, physician order completion, admissions and discharges, hourly rounding, care plan documentation, and patient education.
• Administers medications using the 5 Rights (right patient, medication, route, dose, and time).
• Maintains patient safety through fall precautions, pressure ulcer prevention, isolation precautions, and ambulation safety.
• Responds promptly to patient call lights and manages time to speed Observation status admissions and discharges.
• Communicates within the healthcare team to support interdisciplinary collaboration and patient care coordination.
• Meets the unit's Med/Surg RN documentation standards and fulfills all departmental competency requirements.