Job Summary and Responsibilities
As an Infusion Nurse, you will administer intravenous (IV) therapies and medications, ensuring safe and effective patient care delivery.
Every day you will assess needs, manage infusion devices, meticulously prepare and administer medications, educate patients, and monitor for complications.
To be successful, you will demonstrate exceptional clinical assessment, precise technical proficiency, compassionate communication, and adherence to sterile and safety protocols.
- Provides direct patient care, evaluates outcomes, collaborate with other specialists as required and adjusts nursing care processes as indicated to ensure optimal patient care.
- Ability to perform a head-to-toe assessment on all patients and reassessments as per policy. This includes adult and geriatric patients and the general patient population.
- Ability to assess and reassess pain and pain management techniques utilized. Educates the patient and family regarding pain management
- Maintains medical equipment which includes cleaning/disinfecting equipment, stretcher, etc. after use.
- Answers telephone calls in a professional manner; refers patient problems to office/clinic physician; schedules patient appointments.
- Maintains accurate and continued nursing documentation including patient histories, conditions, treatments, responses and assessment of changes
Required
- Graduate of an RN nursing program., upon hire
- Registered Nurse: NE, upon hire and
- Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
- Cancer Chemotherapy Provider, within 6 - months or
- Oncology Certified Nurse, within 6 - months
CHI Health Immanuel, located in North Omaha just off of I-680 on 72nd Street, offers a full-service hospital, cancer center, rehabilitation center, specialty spine hospital and more. For well over a century, our commitment to serve our community inspires our staff to provide the highest quality of care to all who we have the privilege to serve.