RN- Health Care (Full-Time (Iowa)

Applications ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED for our upcoming residency cohort! We have limited spots for limited units so apply and secure your spot TODAY.

If you are a December 2025 RN graduate - our RN residency program may be for you!

At CHRISTUS Ochsner Health Southwestern Louisiana, we understand that our nurse graduates are the future of health care and because of this, we provide a rewarding career opportunity to those interested in joining our mission.

CHRISTUS provides a year long developmental and on-boarding program to help newly licensed registered nurses obtain the skills and confidence necessary for providing high quality patient care through evidence-based training and critical thinking alongside our recognized professionals.

Each new graduate who joins the CHRISTUS Ochsner Health Southwestern Louisiana team will be enrolled in a comprehensive orientation and assigned to a preceptor. Your personal preceptor will be in your home unit and will support you through the program, show you the ropes and guide you through a structured curriculum of progressive skill development and patient care assignments.

If you are looking to join a rapidly growing faith-based organization that encourages professional development, we want you to become a part of the CHRISTUS Ochsner Health Southwestern Louisiana family!

Responsible for patient assessment, patient care planning, and provision of quality nursing care to an assigned group of patients for a defined work period. Provides direction and supervision to LVN / LPNs, nursing assistants, unit secretaries, and other clinical / clerical associates. By assignment, may function as a charge nurse for the unit. Involves provision of patient care / service to older adolescents, young adults, adults, geriatric and pediatric patients.

Patient Care Planning

Develops a comprehensive nursing care plan which addresses all significant needs and problems identified through nursing assessment.

Prepares nursing elements of the interdisciplinary care plan prior to the initial team conference.

Reviews and updates nursing care plan and collaborates with team members as changes occur.

Patient Care Provision

Implements patient care as planned in nursing care plan and interdisciplinary care plan.

Provides safe and therapeutic care and seeks resources when appropriate.

Safely performs and accurately documents procedures, consistent with established nursing policy and procedure.

Patient Care Evaluation

Evaluates progress toward nursing goals and revises goals as needed on a weekly basis.

Completes nursing progress note for assigned patients on a daily basis.

Completes nursing flow sheets for assigned patients on a daily basis.

Evaluates education needs of patient and significant others and documents their response to teaching.

Acts as role model for health care students and other team members.

Patient Care Communication

Reports and documents accurately and concisely to appropriate persons the patient's condition.

Applies basic verbal and nonverbal skills to maintain open, effective communication among care team members, patients, and significant others.

Encourages direct discussion between staff members when differences occur and seeks assistance to arbitrate differences as needed.

Identifies actual and potentially unsafe patient care practices, reports them in the designated manner, and suggests alternatives.

Standard I : Utilizes the Nursing Process

Spiritual, and development needs of patient and families

Communicates findings to appropriate healthcare team members

Develops and uses a specific plan of care and modifies it to meet individual patient

Implements patient care and therapeutic

monitors and documents progression of treatment and teaching goals

Evaluates the care and treatment(s) provided to the patient and the patient response to

the care and treatment(s). Must be able to perform unit specific competencies based on the specific patient care need for designated unit's patient population

Unit Operations

Plans, directs, and evaluates the overall nursing care and functions in a particular nursing unit during an assigned shift

Demonstrates good stewardship in proper use and maintenance of equipment and Supplies

Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and regulations within the industry

Safe Practice / Quality Care / Regulations

Demonstrates accountability for nursing research and quality improvement activities

Provides evidence-based nursing care

Communicates patient information effectively across the continuum of care

Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and regulations within the industry.

Knowledge of federal, state and local healthcare related laws and regulations; ability to comply with these in healthcare practices and activities

Clinical Policies and Standards

Analyzes policy and standards documentation and ensures organizational compliance

Assists in the development and implementation of specific procedures

Works with control and monitoring mechanisms, tools and techniques

Health Information Documentation

Describes the flow of information between various stations or units

Discusses the functions, features and document flow of electronic documentation

Explains health information documentation best practices and their rationale across health care practices

Medical Equipment

Describes experience with basic medical equipment used in own unit or facility

Uses standard diagnostic tools and techniques to resolves common equipment problems

Educates patients about the appropriate use of home medical equipment

Ensures that all equipment and related supplies are in proper working order prior to use to ensure patient safety

Inspects, troubleshoots and evaluates incoming equipment

Medical Order Processing

Shares experiences with processing medical orders for one or more groups of patients or conditions

Describes functions and features of the system used to enter, validate, update and forward medical orders

Describes experiences in reading and interpreting patient charts for patients on unit and under own care

Recognizes unexpected readings and alerts nursing or medical staff

Utilizes appropriate systems to document misses and near misses, participates in immediate investigating, analysis and reporting in real time

Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred

Six months to a year of experience as a licensed RN or holder of an active GN permit

Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications

RN License in state of employment or compact

Graduate Nurse Permit

Associates with an unsuccessful licensure application or on the 75th day following the effective date of the temporary permit; will be transferred to another position within CHRISTUS Health

In accordance with the CHRISTUS Health License, Certification and Registration Verification Policy, all Associates are required to obtain the required certifications for their respective positions within the designated time frame.

MULTIPLE SHIFTS AVAILABLE

Full Time