RN - Hickman Hospital - CCU

ProMedica•Adrian, MN

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides professional expertise and leads an integrated nursing team in collaboration with 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 role supports improved health outcomes for patients and the communities ProMedica serves. The RN partners with patients or their designated surrogates, families, and the interdisciplinary team to provide coordinated care that respects patient preferences, values, needs, and diverse experiences. The RN assesses patients, develops and implements individualized written nursing care plans, evaluates their effectiveness, and adjusts care to support optimal outcomes. The RN also coordinates transitions along the continuum of care, provides education based on patients’ comprehension and learning needs, and applies current evidence, clinical expertise, and patient preferences in care delivery. The role includes administering medications and authorized treatment regimens, documenting care and patient responses in the electronic health record, using clinical decision-support tools, and protecting the integrity and privacy of healthcare records. The RN communicates and collaborates with patients, families, providers, and other team members; delegates and supervises support personnel as appropriate; and escalates clinical, safety, and operational concerns through the appropriate chain of command. The RN participates in quality improvement and evidence-based practice initiatives, follows applicable scope-of-practice requirements and organizational policies, and performs other duties as assigned. This position is based at Hickman Hospital in the ICU/CCU department, is full time at 36 hours per week, and works nights.

Requirements

Current State license as a Registered Nurse.
Current CPR training; specialty certifications as required.
For Michigan RN license renewal, complete 25 hours of continuing education during the two-year period before renewal, including at least two hours in pain and symptom management.
Complies with the nursing process.
Ability to respond effectively and efficiently to critical situations involving patients, personnel, and visitors in a professional manner.
Performs basic nursing skills competently.
Ability to evaluate own daily practice for errors and pursue corrective action.
Engages in a changing environment and is open to new ideas.
Functions as a dependable team member, assisting when requested or when the need is apparent.
Communicates effectively and empathetically with all members of the healthcare team, including patients.
Responsible for continued professional growth, development, and competency.
Ability to navigate and retrieve information from a computer and healthcare record.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Responsibilities

Recognize patients or their designees as partners in care and incorporate their preferences, values, and needs into compassionate, coordinated care.
Elicit and communicate patient values, preferences, and expressed needs.
Provide patient-centered care with sensitivity and respect for diversity 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 according to comprehension and learning style from entry through discharge.
Coordinate with patients, families, and the healthcare team to support appropriate transitions along the continuum of care.
Evaluate patient responses and intervene to promote optimal outcomes.
Integrate current evidence, clinical expertise, and patient and family preferences into care delivery and individualized care plans.
Assess patients; formulate nursing diagnoses; plan, implement, and continually evaluate individualized written nursing care plans and nursing care.
Analyze and prioritize problems and make sound judgments using logic and critical thinking.
Administer medications and execute regimens as authorized by state licensure.
Use quality measures, technology, and standardized practices to support safety and quality; identify strategies to reduce risk of harm.
Participate in unit-based quality improvement, evidence-based practice projects, or research; promote error-prevention techniques and report safety concerns and events, including near misses.
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 healthcare team members to foster mutual respect and shared decision-making.
Coordinate the patient’s plan of care through interaction and communication with the healthcare team.
Function within scope of practice; delegate to team members as appropriate and assign, direct, delegate, and supervise ancillary personnel and support staff.
Escalate barriers, safety concerns, and clinical concerns through the appropriate chain of command.
Apply leadership skills to support systems thinking, communication, change, and improvements in patient care, the work environment, and patient and staff satisfaction.
Plan, organize, and deliver patient care in the context of the work unit and participate in healthcare-system practices.
Round with providers, practice bedside reports and hand-offs, and ensure meaningful hourly rounding.
Perform other duties as assigned.