Apply Today and Earn a Sign-On Incentive of Up to $10,000+
Whether you’re an experienced nurse or a new graduate, registered nurses may qualify for up to $10,000 in sign-on incentives when you apply with UI Health Care today. An additional $2,500 incentive is available for select positions in the following areas: Medical Surgical Services, Operating Room, Behavioral Health Services, Digestive Health Services, Cancer Center, and Heart and Vascular Adult Cath Lab.
Your Commitment to Nursing
Many factors brought you to nursing. We trust the rewarding experiences awaiting you here will bring your nursing practice to UI Hospitals & Clinics.
The Iowa Difference: Career Reward
We invite you to chat with our nurses and ask them about what makes working here rewarding to them. The variety and conviction of their answers may surprise you.
- “The opportunity to lead”
- “Being part of a real multi-disciplinary team”
- “Working with a mentor”
- “Mastering state-of-the-art technology”
- “Going back for a degree”
- “Being part of potentially life-saving clinical research”
- “Working with physician leaders in the field”
- “Providing for my family”
- “Being recognized for my abilities”
- “Making a real difference in my patients’ lives”
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Patient Stories
September 26, 2023
Three quick-acting nurses and some shocking serendipity recently helped resuscitate Iowa resident Ervin Imm, who experienced sudden cardiac arrest as ...

March 15, 2018
Craig's desire was to become a parent. After talking to a few fertility clinics around Iowa, but he was ultimately referred to University of Iowa Heal...
August 16, 2023
When Kendra Milroy, RN, a staff nurse on the Adult Surgical Specialty Unit, encountered a patient’s wife paying for parking in a ramp, she quickly pul...

July 20, 2023
Our nurses join the top 7.67% of U.S. hospitals with five or more designations

Awards and Recognition

Magnet®-recognized hospital
Magnet® recognition, conferred by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, is the highest distinction given for nursing excellence. UI Hospitals & Clinics was the first hospital in Iowa to earn Magnet® designation (2004) and the first hospital in Iowa to be re-designated four times (2008, 2013, 2018, and 2023).