Registered Nurse- Graduate Nurse- Observation Unit Part Time 3rd weekend

Position Details

• Title:
  
  Registered Nurse | Graduate Nurse
• Schedule:
  
  Part Time Days 7am‑7:30pm weekdays and every 3rd weekend
• Hospital:
  Henry Ford Health Genesys
• Location:
  
  Grand Blanc, Michigan
• Sign On Bonus: $4,500
• Department:
  Observation Unit

• Use independent professional judgment, analytical skills, and the nursing process to provide a full range of delegated, interdependent, and independent nursing services to patients.
• Within the framework of the Seven Dimensions of Patient Care and Benner's Domains of Nursing Practice, demonstrates clinical competence; compassion and customer service orientation; focus on process and outcomes; and cost‑consciousness when assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care provided to patients. Includes coordination of a multi‑disciplinary plan of care per Nursing Problem Care Sets and clinical practice guidelines.
• Provide patient care that reflects a respect for patient's rights, dignity, values, culture, preferences, and expressed needs. Assess patient/family needs for information and education across the continuum, plan and implement patient teaching, evaluate effectiveness, and help alleviate patient fears and anxiety through skillful communication.
• Collaborate with patient/family, hospital staff, and community agencies to develop discharge plans that prepare patients for continued care needs.
• Conduct orientation self‑evaluation, maintain standards of performance across the Seven Domains of Nursing Practice, and apply signature care in daily patient interactions.
• Perform admission assessment, shift assessment, and ongoing reassessment as required.
• Complete assessment for risk factors (fall, skin breakdown, VTE, aspiration) and initiate appropriate initiatives (SKINN Bundle, Fall Prevention Plan, SCD).
• Perform medication reconciliation upon admission and changes in level of care.
• Establish, direct, coordinate, and document a plan of nursing care in conjunction with patients and families.
• Initiate problems and outcomes lists based on medical diagnosis and patient needs; monitor, document, and report patient responses to interventions.
• Document nursing interventions (NIC) and progress toward outcomes (NOC) and patient education at each shift.
• Educate patients on treatment plans, safety measures, medications, and self‑care; collaborate with case manager for appropriate referrals before discharge.
• Review discharge plans/instructions with patients prior to discharge, ensuring follow‑up is arranged and core measures given to CHF patients.
• Maintain accurate nursing documentation according to established guidelines.
• Demonstrate competent application of basic nursing procedures (dressing change, catheterization, NG tube insertion, suctioning) and perform medical interventions as ordered.
• Initiate standing orders, assist with activities of daily living, and provide services for patient comfort, safety, and well‑being.
• Implement interventions to prevent skin breakdown, follow clinical practice guidelines, maintain peripheral IV therapy, and obtain body fluid specimens.
• Perform blood capillary glucose monitoring and administer medications, IVs, and blood products per policy.
• Prepare patients for surgery or invasive procedures per guidelines, assist with procedures, and operate equipment such as IV pumps, PCA pumps, feeding pumps, and patient beds.
• Monitor patient responses, review work in progress, and check new orders promptly.
• Document vital signs, lab work, I&O, blood glucose and respond to meaningful changes promptly.
• Identify acute changes in respiratory, neurologic, cardiac, urinary, and other status; respond with direct intervention, SBAR communication, and notify physician or SWAT as needed.
• Initiate CPR and assemble emergency equipment during life‑threatening emergencies; perform emergency equipment checks.
• Provide support to families in crisis or grieving, ensuring quality of health care practices, and communicate with other professionals regarding patient progress.
• Monitor individual patient length of stay, notify case manager and nurse manager of potential issues.
• Identify and resolve ethical issues related to patient care and advanced directives.
• Maintain…