Registered Nurse - DOU

Prime Healthcare • Port Huron, MI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Lake Huron Medical Center is a 139-bed community hospital providing a wide range of inpatient and outpatient health care services to residents of St. Clair and Sanilac counties, including emergency services, primary stroke center, cancer care, surgical services, physical therapy and rehabilitation, pulmonary rehabilitation, and specialized diabetes programs. It is affiliated with Lake Huron Medical Group, offering patient-centered care through primary and specialty physician practices. The medical center has received high accolades for quality and safety, including a Leapfrog Group 'A' grade, Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award, four stars from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval® for Hospital Accreditation. As part of Prime Healthcare, Lake Huron Medical Center was recognized as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for 2024 by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group. The Registered Nurse is responsible for delivering safe patient care using the nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation), providing direct patient care within their scope of practice. This role also involves directing and guiding patient/family teaching and other nursing personnel activities, maintaining care standards in the DOU. The Registered Nurse is directly responsible and accountable for assigned patient care, communicating with physicians about changes in patient clinical condition, including hemodynamic monitoring, diagnostic study results, and symptomatology, and must respond quickly and accurately to changes in condition or treatment response, while maintaining patient privacy and confidentiality.

Requirements

• Current valid State Registered Nurse License
• Current BLS (AHA) certificate upon hire and maintain current
• Minimum of one year experience as a staff RN in acute care hospital

Nice To Haves

• Completion of Critical Care Course preferred
• Current ACLS (AHA) certificate 30 days upon hire and maintain current preferred
• critical care preferred
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred

Responsibilities

• delivery of safe patient care utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation
• Provides direct patient care within the scope of practice
• directs and guides patient/family teaching and activities of other nursing personnel while maintaining standards of care in the DOU
• directly responsible and accountable for the care given to his/her assigned patients
• communicates with the physician about changes in the patient's clinical condition including hemodynamic monitoring, results of diagnostic studies and abnormal results and symptomatology
• Is able to respond quickly and accurately to changes in condition and/or response to treatment
• Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees