St Catherine Hospital Garden City·Garden City, Kansas
The RN is responsible for facilitating and collaborating with the healthcare team to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of patients. Key duties include performing therapeutic interventions, maintaining accurate patient records, and providing patient and family education.
Where You’ll Work St.
Catherine Hospital, located in Garden City, Kansas, was founded by two pioneering physicians and the Dominican Sisters.
They created and maintained the spirit that has enabled St.
Catherine Hospital employees to develop a thriving health care facility unlike any other in southwest Kansas.
Like many of the families and businesses in our community, our roots run deep � 85 years of excellence and counting.
Residents of Garden City enjoy life in a relaxed, small-town (population approx.
30,000) with a zoo, several parks, golf courses, modern shopping and more.
Job Summary and Responsibilities As our RN, you will assume responsibility for facilitating, communicating, and collaborating with the healthcare team and patient/family to meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the patient, advancing modern nursing through compassionate care.
Every day you will promote optimal patient health, well-being, and safety through the nursing process, adhering to patient care standards, guidelines, and the State Nurse Practice Act, and demonstrating personal accountability for relationship-based care and our organizational mission.
To be successful in this role, you will be a Registered Nurse with a commitment to compassionate, high-quality patient care, strong communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to apply the nursing process effectively within a supportive, mission-driven environment.
Assess patient’s physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs through observation, interview, review of medical records & clinical data.
Evaluates patient’s response and intervenes to ensure optimal patient outcome.
Develop and implement patient plan of care and observe outcomes in accordance with nursing standards and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
Demonstrate competency in a variety of therapeutic/diagnostic interventions including, but not limited to, IV’s, incision/wound care, medication administration, catheterization, and specimen collections.
Thorough and confidential maintenance of patient charts and records.
Document ongoing status, interventions, patient response and outcomes in an accurate, timely manner.
Use information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.
Promote, advocate, and collaborate to protect the health and safety and rights of each patient.
Provide patient/family education through assessment of patient/family learning readiness, needs, and ability.
Provide teaching and evaluate effectiveness of teaching.
Job Requirements Required Associates Degree in Nursing; Nursing Diploma or by endorsement RN License in state of employment Physical Requirements: Medium Work exert/lift up to 50 lbs. force occasionally, and/or up to 20 lbs. frequently, and/or up to 10lbs. constantly Preferred Bachelors Degree in Nursing One (1) year experience PICC or Ultrasound Guided IV (USGPIV) certified
Candidates must have an Associate Degree in Nursing or a Nursing Diploma and a valid RN license in the state of employment. A Bachelor's degree and one year of experience with PICC or Ultrasound Guided IV certification are preferred.
Market context
Kansas nursing openings commonly favor candidates with prior bedside experience and current licensure, especially in settings that need nurses who can step in with limited onboarding. This role is competitive because it asks for an ADN with BSN completion within five years, one year of RN experience, a multi-state RN license, and BLS and ACLS certifications. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits on this platform against the original posting, then confirm your license status and certification dates before applying to save research time.
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