Registered Nurse - Progressive Care Unit - Stepdown

Prime Healthcare • Garden City, MI

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About The Position

The Registered Nurse delivers safe patient care using the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The role provides direct patient care within the scope of practice and directs and guides patient and family teaching, as well as the activities of other nursing personnel, while maintaining standards of care in the DOU. The nurse is directly responsible and accountable for care provided to assigned patients. The nurse communicates changes in patients’ clinical conditions to physicians, including hemodynamic monitoring, diagnostic study results, abnormal results, and symptoms, and responds quickly and accurately to changes in condition or response to treatment. Patient privacy and confidentiality must be maintained.

Garden City Hospital is a state-of-the-art medical facility with more than 300 licensed beds and a teaching hospital. It offers medical education to students, residents, and fellows, with residency and fellowship programs supporting more than 80 trainees. The hospital has a staff of more than 350 physicians across a broad range of specialties.

Requirements

• Current and valid State RN License.
• Current BLS (AHA) certificate upon hire and maintain current.
• Current ACLS certificate within 30 days of hire and maintain current.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe patient care using assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Provide direct patient care within the scope of practice.
• Direct and guide patient and family teaching and the activities of other nursing personnel while maintaining standards of care in the DOU.
• Remain directly responsible and accountable for care provided to assigned patients.
• Communicate changes in patients’ clinical conditions to physicians, including hemodynamic monitoring, diagnostic study results, abnormal results, and symptoms.
• Respond quickly and accurately to changes in patient condition or response to treatment.
• Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: No Education Listed