Long Term Care RN
Cook, Minnesota
Cook Hospital

LTC/SNF RN

Location: Cook, Minnesota Contract Length: 13 weeks Employment Shifts: Days, Nights Hours: 8 hours per day, 36 hours per week

Required Qualifications

• 2 years of specialty experience
• BLS certification
• COVID vaccination

Experience

• Accepts first-time travelers

Facility and Unit

• One unit providing short-term rehab, long-term care (LTC), and skilled nursing facility (SNF) care
• No locked memory unit
• 28 private rooms
• Typical census: 23-28 patients
• RN ratio: 1:23-28
• Common diagnoses: Dementia, COPD, CHF, DM, HTN, and more
• Pharmacy onsite with bubble packs; physician availability 24/7
• Interdisciplinary team includes PT and OT, with a daily meeting
• Mechanical total lift system

Role Responsibilities

• Initial assessments, medication pass, skin and pain assessments, admissions, wound care, and pressure ulcer prevention and treatment
• Charge RN oversees CNAs and assists other staff as needed
• Family involvement and communication
• RNs are not required to attend team conferences for acute inpatient rehab
• Charge position may be filled by an RN or LPN
• No IV certification needed for LPNs

Schedule

• Day shift: 0600-1430
• Evening shift: 1415-2245
• Night shift: 2230-0700
• Weekends: every other weekend (EOW)
• May be asked to rotate between shifts and to work the holiday rotation
• May be mandated to stay 4 hours past shift for overtime per union rules
• No call or standby requirement
• No floating requirement

Orientation

• 1/2 day general orientation
• 1-2 days with an educator
• 1-3 days with a preceptor on the designated shift
• Days and nights: 8- and 12-hour shifts, rotating weekends

Dress Code

• Scrub color: any color