UNC Health
Hillsborough, NC
Job Description
Description Registered Nurse (RN) per diem - Geriatrics and Medicine Acute Care Unit - Hillsborough Hospital This is a large 25-bed inpatient Medicine focused unit and provides care for adult patients from acute care medicine and family medicine with a specialization in the care of geriatric patients and patients with complex discharge needs. This unit received NICHE designation in 2018. Nurses Improving Care for Health-system Elders (NICHE) imparts principles and tools to stimulate changes in clinical practice to achieve patient-centered nursing care for older adults in healthcare facilities. The vision of NICHE is that all older adults, age 65 and over, receive age-friendly, exemplary nursing care. This unit and the Hillsborough Hospital were also designated Dementia Friendly in 2019. The Dementia Friendly Hospital Initiative (DFHI) aims to achieve high-quality, individualized, patient-centered care for...