Registered Nurse BBC Float Pool PRN

Bronson Healthcare • Battle Creek, NE

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Manages the care delivery for patients in the hospital throughout the length of stay to achieve quality outcomes and timely discharge. Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served. Bronson Healthcare is a community-owned, not-for-profit health system that has been serving southwest Michigan since 1900. Today, with a workforce of more than 9,000 people and 1,500 medical staff members, it is the area’s largest employer and leading healthcare system. Bronson provides care in virtually every specialty and offers a full range of services from primary care to critical care at more than 100 locations. Bronson’s exceptionally high quality standards enable us to do what’s right for our patients and their families. We are empowered as individuals and as teams, to apply our skills and experience so that every patient receives safe, timely and effective treatment. This unwavering commitment to serving others combined with our unique healing environment helps make the patient experience here an exceptional one. The excellence and Positivity of our employees and medical staff has contributed to Bronson Healthcare being ranked by Forbes as one of America’s Best-In-State Employers (2022-23), by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023) and by the National Association for Business Resources as one of the 2023 Top 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For.

Requirements

• Associate's degree in Nursing required
• Licensed Registered Nurse in good standing with the State of Michigan
• BLS competency required by completion of core orientation
• Ability to read, interpret, and analyze data from various computer systems and equipment in order to set an appropriate plan of action
• Must be able to constantly communicate both verbally, in writing and electronically.
• Activities and treatments must be recorded in an accurate manner and technical information and instructions must be communicated to patients, families, and all members of the care delivery team.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred, must obtain within 8 years of hire
• Critical care or Advanced Life Support is required for RN Nurse nurses

Responsibilities

• Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patients’ health or the situation.
• Assesses the patient’s physical and developmental needs.
• Analyzes assessment data to identify appropriate patient needs.
• Documents nursing history and age appropriate physical/emotional needs/strengths for assigned patients.
• Reviews vital signs to assess condition of patient and detect deviations from normal.
• Analyzes the assessment data to determine patient problems or issues.
• Uses the assessment data to identify patient problems.
• Confirms problems with patient and family when appropriate.
• Documents the expected outcomes and plan of care related to the problems through use of the clinical pathway and outcome teaching record.
• Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient.
• Utilizes the patient/family input when defining outcomes.
• Incorporates the patient values, ethical and cultural considerations.
• Coordinates discharge planning for outcomes not achieved utilizing the continuum of care available.
• Develops a plan that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
• Incorporates clinical pathways into the plan when appropriate.
• Develops individualized interventions with patient input when appropriate.
• Considers data from other members of the healthcare team when developing the plan of care.
• Implements the identified plan.
• Implements appropriate interventions.
• Administers prescribed medication and treatment in accordance with approved nursing techniques and polices.
• Utilizes evidence-based interventions specific to the patients plan.
• Maintains awareness of comfort and safety needs of the patient.
• Initiates a patient education plan according to the individualized needs of the patient, and coordinates the implementation of the plan.
• Manages the care plan for patients by organizing and delegation patient care interventions to be implemented.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of care given by self and others.
• Evaluates progress toward attainment of the expected outcomes.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of the planned interventions and the patient response toward achievement of the expected outcomes.
• Documents the patient response toward the expected outcomes.
• Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
• Participates in quality improvement activities.
• Uses the results of quality improvement activities to initiate changes in nursing practice.
• Attains knowledge and competency that reflects current nursing practice.
• Participates in ongoing educational activities related to appropriate knowledge and professional issues.
• Maintains professional records that provide evidence of competency and continued ongoing educational activities.
• Evaluates one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statues, rules and regulations.
• Provides age appropriate care in a culturally and ethnically sensitive manner.
• Participates in self-evaluation, identifying areas of strengths as well as areas benefiting from professional development.
• Participates in systematic peer review as appropriate.
• Interacts with and contributes to the professional development of peers and colleagues.
• Shares knowledge and skills with peers and colleagues.
• Maintains compassionate and caring relationships with peers and colleagues.
• Contributes to a supportive and healthy work environment.
• Collaborates with patient, family, and others in the conduct of nursing practice.
• Partners with the multiple health disciplines to effect change and generate positive outcomes for the patient and family, based on the plan of care.
• Integrates ethical provisions in all areas of practice.
• Delivers care in a manner that preserves and protects patient autonomy, dignity, confidentiality and rights.
• Demonstrates a commitment to connecting with self and others through relationship centered care giving.
• Serves as a patient advocate.
• Integrates research finding into practice.
• Uses research to improve the health of patients and the practice environment.
• Participates in the various levels of research based on their level of education. Such activities may include: identifying clinical problems, participating in data collection, participating in the research committee, sharing research activities/finding with others, conducting research, analyzing data and trends of nursing practice to develop changes in nursing practice and utilizes evidence based practice in the development of policies, procedures and standards of practice in patient care.
• Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost and impact on practice in the planning and delivery of nursing services.
• Assigns or delegates tasks based on the needs and condition of the patient, potential for harm, complexity of the nursing activity, required problem solving and innovation, predictability of outcome, extent of patient interaction.
• Assists the patient and family in becoming informed consumers about the options, costs, risks and benefits of treatments and care.
• Provides leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession.
• Participated in nursing councils, hospital and unit based committees as appropriate.
• Attends at least 50% of unit staff meetings.
• Works to create and maintain professional, healthy work environment when representing Bronson in all settings (local, regional or nationally).

Benefits

• Community-owned, not-for-profit health system
• Largest employer and leading healthcare system in the area
• Full range of services from primary care to critical care at more than 100 locations
• High quality standards
• State-of-the-art, technology and evidence-based processes
• Ranked by Forbes as one of America’s Best-In-State Employers (2022-23)
• Ranked by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023)
• Ranked by the National Association for Business Resources as one of the 2023 Top 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree