Registered Nurse RN New Grad Observation

Banner Health•Glendale, AZ

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Banner Health’s New Nurse Experience (NNE) is a full-time Registered Nurse residency position for recent and upcoming nursing graduates. The program provides a collaborative learning environment to help new nurses refine clinical skills, expand knowledge, and transition into professional practice. The residency has received the highest accreditation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Practice Transition Accreditation Program (PTAP). Nurses are placed in specific Banner Health facility units and receive clinical mentoring from unit staff and educators. The program offers career pathways and development opportunities, with an expectation that new graduates remain on their NNE unit for at least 12 months. New graduates must live within a reasonable commuting distance of their assigned facility. Most nurses work three 12-hour shifts, including weekend and holiday rotations. The role is in the Outpatient Observation Unit in Glendale, Arizona, on the night shift. The Observation Unit cares for patients with a range of diagnoses and care plans, including stroke, cardiac events, and post-operative care. When patients are admitted, the unit also cares for inpatients, offering nurses exposure to both observation and inpatient care. Nurses work with PCAs and an interdisciplinary team and may use a self-scheduling tool for shift and weekend coverage. The RN assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents patient care in accordance with organizational policies and professional nursing standards. The position involves coordinating and delegating care, collaborating with patients, families, physicians, and the multidisciplinary team, and contributing to quality and safety outcomes. Program activities include precepted clinical experiences, simulation-center training, competency assessments, Cerner orientation, hands-on skills lab, e-learning, and professional and personal development resources.

Requirements

Recent or upcoming graduation from an accredited nursing program.
Current, valid RN license in the state of practice, a temporary/interim RN license, or compact RN licensure for the state of practice.
Current BLS certification; applicants may obtain certification before their start date. BLS must be through the American Heart Association, Red Cross, or ASHI.
No more than 12 months of RN experience.
Ability to maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the practice area through annual validations.
Must live within a reasonable commute distance of the facility hired into.
Ability to work the unit’s 12-hour shifts, including weekend and holiday rotations, as applicable.

Nice To Haves

BSN; ADN applicants are considered at select locations.
Previous health care experience.
Experience in the clinical area for which the applicant is applying.
Bachelor’s degree.
Professional certification.
Additional related education and/or experience.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, and discharge-planning needs; review patient history, diagnostic results, and laboratory data, and report abnormal findings.
Formulate and revise individualized plans of care and discharge plans in collaboration with patients, families, and the health care team.
Implement care through direct patient care and coordination, delegation, and supervision of health care team activities, following orders, policies, professional standards, and regulatory requirements.
Evaluate patient and family responses to care and teaching, assess progress toward goals, and revise plans as needed.
Document assessments, plans, interventions, patient responses, and physician orders accurately and in a timely manner.
Provide evidence-based care and participate in shared leadership, education, orientation, precepting, mentoring, and research activities when applicable.
Contribute to safe, effective, equitable, and efficient patient outcomes and participate in improvement of nursing quality indicators.
Communicate and collaborate with staff, physicians, patients, families, external health care contacts, and clergy regarding patient care.
Complete residency program activities, including precepted clinical experiences, skills and competency assessments, simulation training, Cerner orientation, and e-learning.