The 2E Medicine Registered Nurse will provide care on a General med-surg unit with 31 beds serving an adult, elderly population. Patients have a variety of diagnoses, including respiratory illnesses and infections, and usually present with a variety of comorbidities. Care includes IV antibiotics, lab monitoring, wound management and dressing changes, including VAC dressings, tube feeding management, drain care, chest tubes, off-site cardiac monitoring and central line management.
A Registered Nurse at Springfield Memorial Hospital means becoming a part of a Magnet hospital that raises the bar for excellence. The SMH environment expects high quality care for patients and RNs who want to advance learning to ensure they can be the best nurse possible. Quality nurses not only understand, but also exhibit, that “care starts with caring.” Nursing is about caring for people. Above all else, working at Memorial means we expect you to exceed customer expectations. You can do this by treating each patient as if they are the only one you are caring for that day, being the calm voice for the family, finding the answers when you don’t have one, and displaying compassion in all interactions.
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What makes the difference between a good nursing team and the exceptional one you’ll find at Memorial Health? Our rapidly growing team is determined to continue building upon our reputation as a national leader in quality and progress in care. This objective requires something rare: a unique understanding of the value of nursing. And we have it, from the very top of our management team to the very smallest detail of care for every single patient.
That’s the reason we’ve made such a significant investment of time, effort, and resources in superior technology, comprehensive training, and thorough processes. We know that we have to prepare our nurses for anything—by providing everything they need to succeed. They have paid us and our patients back by performing at a consistently superior level throughout our system, bringing us prestigious accolades and impressive national recognition.
WHY EXPERIENCED NURSING PROFESSIONALS LOVE MEMORIAL:
The seasoned nursing professional has every reason to select Memorial Health, including the many distinctions, awards and achievements we have earned for clinical excellence. Here are but a few of our recent honors: