PRN Staff Nurse-PET

The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Department of Radiology is seeking a PRN Staff Nurse to provide specialized care in a highly regulated environment in the Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Imaging Center. The Staff Nurse will assess patients' nursing care needs, evaluate effectiveness of care provided, integrate nursing theory and research into clinical practice, and provide leadership to members of the health care team to maintain patient care standards.

Duties Include:

* Applies nursing theory to the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of patient responses to health and illness.

* Assesses patient health care preferences and expectations.

* Collaboratively coordinates the continuum of care across various care settings.

* Provides pre, intra- and post-procedure nursing care (assessment, monitoring, intervention, and education) related to diagnostic and research procedures.

* Assists in the collection of arterial and venous blood samples.

* Prepares and completes daily patient workup for next day's scheduled patients, including PET/CT, diagnostic CT, and research patients.

* Accurately completes, documents, and files required daily/weekly/monthly equipment checks and clinic audits.

* Monitors and ensures adequate supply levels in the department, ordering supplies when needed.

* Implements patient care plan according to patient priorities, which includes interventions identified through nursing diagnoses. Documents and reports interventions and patient/family response/education.

* Collaborates and integrates contributions of patients and families into multidisciplinary patient care plan.

* Implements nursing interventions according to department, division, and/or unit policies, procedures, and protocols to maintain safe and secure environment for patients, visitors and staff. Follows universal precautions.

The information contained herein is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities required of individuals performing this job.