RN - Hickman Hospital - CCU

ProMedica•Adrian, MI

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a core member of the patient care team, providing professional expertise and coordinating with nursing team members and other healthcare providers to deliver high-quality acute care. The RN places patients at the center of care decisions and uses a compassionate approach to foster trust and comfort for patients, families, and visitors. The RN assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates individualized nursing care; collaborates with patients, families, and the interdisciplinary team; provides education and supports transitions across the care continuum; administers authorized medications; and documents care in the electronic health record. The role promotes evidence-based practice, patient safety, quality improvement, effective communication, teamwork, and professional nursing standards. The RN also coordinates care, delegates and supervises support personnel as appropriate, and performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Current state license as a Registered Nurse.
Current CPR training.
For an RN licensed in Michigan, complete 25 hours of continuing education during the two-year period before license renewal, including at least two hours in pain and symptom management.
Comply with the nursing process and perform basic nursing skills competently.
Respond effectively and efficiently to critical situations involving patients, personnel, and visitors in a professional manner.
Evaluate own daily practice for errors and pursue corrective action.
Be open to new ideas and engage in a changing environment.
Function as a dependable team member and assist when requested or when the need is obvious.
Communicate effectively and empathetically with patients and all members of the healthcare team.
Maintain continued professional growth, development, and competency.
Navigate and retrieve information from a computer and healthcare record.

Nice To Haves

Specialty certifications.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Responsibilities

Recognize patients or their designees as partners in compassionate, coordinated care that respects their preferences, values, and needs.
Elicit and communicate patient values, preferences, and expressed needs, and provide sensitive, respectful care in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
Engage patients or designated surrogates in partnerships that promote health, safety, well-being, and self-care management.
Address patient and family education needs based on comprehension and learning style, from entry through discharge.
Collaborate with patients, families, and the healthcare team to support appropriate transitions along the care continuum.
Evaluate patient responses and intervene to promote optimal outcomes.
Use current evidence, clinical expertise, and patient and family preferences to guide care and individualized care plans.
Assess patients, formulate nursing diagnoses, plan and implement care, and continually evaluate the effectiveness of the individualized written nursing care plan.
Analyze and prioritize problems and make sound judgments using logic and critical thinking.
Administer medications and carry out regimens authorized by state licensure.
Use quality measures and data to understand individual and system performance, and apply technology and standardized practices that support safety and quality.
Identify strategies to reduce risk of harm, promote error prevention, and report safety concerns and events, including near misses.
Participate in unit-based quality improvement, evidence-based practice projects, or research.
Navigate the electronic health record and document patient status, interventions, responses, and outcomes accurately and promptly.
Respond appropriately to clinical decision-support tools and alerts, and protect the integrity and privacy of healthcare records.
Communicate effectively with patients, families, and the healthcare team to foster mutual respect, open communication, and shared decision-making.
Coordinate the patient’s plan of care through interaction and communication with the healthcare team; delegate appropriately and escalate barriers, safety issues, and clinical concerns through the chain of command.
Practice within scope, maintain working knowledge of state Board of Nursing requirements, and deliver care consistent with ProMedica’s values, mission, philosophy, and policies.
Use leadership skills to promote systems thinking, communication, and change, and participate in healthcare teams to improve patient care, the work environment, and patient and staff satisfaction.
Follow the nursing process and assign, direct, delegate, and supervise ancillary personnel and support staff toward patient care goals.
Plan, organize, and deliver patient care within the work unit and participate in system-endorsed practices.
Round with providers, conduct bedside reports and handoffs, and ensure meaningful hourly rounding.
Perform other duties as assigned.