Registered Nurse Weekend - 2 W Progressive Care Unit

Department: 2 W Progressive Care Unit Shift: Days Daily Work Times: 7:00AM - 7:30PM Scheduled Biweekly Hours: 72

Position Summary:

The registered nurse is a professional nurse who coordinates the delivery of nursing care for monitored patients during their hospital stay including cardiac monitoring, hemodynamic stabilization, responsive to emergent situations and care of evidence-based medicine patients.

The registered nurse ensures that quality nursing care is rendered to all patients in accordance with the Michigan Department of Public Health, the medical center and nursing department standards. Utilizing the nursing process, functions primarily in direct patient care.

The registered nurse participates in maintaining a safe patient care environment, maintains patient privacy, dignity, confidentiality and respects patient’s rights.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities: 1.

Performs purposeful hourly rounding including

Pain, Position, Personal needs and Possessions

2. Applies the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation, and discharge needs of patient/family

3. Provides professional direct and indirect patient care in the progressive care setting

Required:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Must possess valid State of Michigan Nursing License
• BLS Certified
• ACLS certified within 6 months of hire
• Minimum one year previous experience as a Medical/Surgical or critical care RN or LPN, OR other Medical Center related experience (Student Nurse Tech, Nurse Aide, Unit Clerk, etc.)
• Possesses excellent customer service skills and the ability to communicate and present self to patient, visitors, other staff and physicians verbally and in writing in courteous, confident and professional manner

Preferred:

• Previous clinical experience in Critical Care Unit (ICU, CCU, ER, OR) or 2+ years acute care RN experience.
• BSN in Nursing
• Completed and certified (up to date) in Basic Arrhythmia
• Specialty certification within the specific unit

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Requisition ID: 26012118
• Daily Work Times: 7:00AM - 7:30PM
• Hours Per Pay Period: 72
• On Call: No
• Weekends: Yes

About Us

The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals across the state, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 730-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 242,000 Michigan lives, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network, and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company.

McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 93,000 network providers throughout Michigan.