RN - Acute Care

Posted: Jun 29, 2026

  • Category Nursing
  • Department Acute Care
  • Schedule PRN
  • Shift Varied
  • Facility Daviess Community Hospital

Job Description

  • Provides direct and indirect patient care.
  • Provides assessment and planning for individualized patient care.
  • Communicates with physicians about changes in patient’s clinical condition, diagnostic studies and symptomatology.
  • Responds quickly and accurately to changes in condition or response to treatment.
  • Performs general nursing duties.
  • Participates in performance improvement activities.
  • Knowledgeable of a wide range of disorders; cognitive, emotional, developmental, social and behavioral.
  • Performs crisis intervention.
  • Communicates with physicians/Nurse Manager/co-workers, as appropriate about changes in patient’s clinical condition including results of diagnostic studies and symptomatology.
  • Is able to respond quickly and accurately to changes in condition or response to treatment.
  • Participates in the department's performance improvement and continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities.

Qualifications

  • Must be flexible, adapt to changing workloads, work well with staff on different units.
  • CPR, ACLS preferred
  • Prefer at least 1 year of Med Surg experience.
  • Current Indiana RN or LPN license