RN - Acute Care Unit
Company: Ascension Health
Location: Allegan
Posted on: August 7, 2022
Job Description:
We Are Hiring: ** Sign On Bonus Available** ** Up to $20,000
Sign-On Bonus**$10,000 Sign-On Bonus for Full-Time/Prorated for
Part-Time*$20,000 Sign-On Bonus -- 1 years of experience
requiredAscension Borgess Allegan is looking to fill a full time,
night shift RN position in the Acute Care Unit. -Full time. - 36
hours a week. -Night shift.7p-7:30aRotating holidays and weekends
What You Will Do: Prescribe, delegate, and coordinate the overall
care for each patient using the American Nurses Association Nursing
Scope and Standards of Practice, and Quality and Safety Education
for Nurses (QSEN) competencies. Accountable to assess, coordinate,
supervise, develop, implement, and evaluate the patient-centered
plan of care. Abide by the competencies of the American Nurses
Association's Code of Ethics.
- Assess patients' physical, psychosocial, emotional, cultural
and spiritual needs.
- Provide direct care to the entire patient population served,
which may include newborns, infants, children, adolescents, adults,
and geriatrics. Direct care includes meeting physical,
psychosocial,emotional, cultural and spiritual needs in
collaboration with other care team members, the patients, family
and significant others served.
- Plan patient care utilizing individualized, interdisciplinary,
patient-centered goals.
- Determine appropriate nursing diagnosis for each patient and
identify expected outcomes and document deviations from them.
- Implement direct patient care using evidenced based practice
nursing standards within the scope of nursing.
- Continuously evaluate progress toward attainment of outcomes
and modifies the plan of care for each patient.
- Thoroughly and effectively document and/or communicate all
information relevant to patient care.
- Appropriately utilize resources by thoroughly and accurately
charging supplies and procedures pertinent to patient's care.
- Consistently take steps to minimize harm to patients and
improve patient safety through individual and system
performance.
- Administer medications and treatments as prescribed within
scope of nursing license, accurately addressing the 'seven rights':
right patient, right dose, right time, right route, right
medication or treatment, right reason, right documentation.
- Participate in performance improvement activities for the unit
and the Department of Nursing including participating in nursing
research projects.
- Be an effective inter-professional team member, offering input,
willingness to trust the skills and expertise of other team
members, collaborate in group decision making, and refer them to
appropriate sources of help if indicated.
- Be flexible in meeting the Hospital's staffing needs including
assisting in other units as necessary.
- Consistently provide effective and well documented patient and
family health promotion and education.
- Delegate appropriate care to individuals qualified to complete
assigned care.
- Promote quality nursing practice by being a preceptor to
hospital nursing students.
- Perform appropriately in emergency situations and participates
on the Code 100 Team as assigned.
- Assist the orientee in selecting, arranging and performing
appropriate learning activities and communicate the progress to the
preceptor, Clinical Staff Educator, or immediate supervisor as
appropriate. What You Will Need: Licensure / Certification /
Registration:
- Maintain current Michigan license to practice as a registered
nurse required.
- Basic Life Support required.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support required, or within 6 months of
hire, if applicable.
- Certification in area of expertise preferred.Education:
- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing. Additional
Preferences: No additional preferences. Why Join Our Team:
Ascension Michigan employs over 20,000 compassionate caregivers
across 16 hospitals and hundreds of related healthcare facilities.
Our care teams are dedicated to providing spiritually centered,
holistic care which sustains and improves the health of the
communities we serve. We provide generous paid time off for
work-life balance, a collaborative work environment, professional
development opportunities and more to help our associates flourish
personally and professionally. If you are looking for a rewarding
career in healthcare, we invite you to apply today.When you join
Ascension, you join a team of over 150,000 individuals across the
country committed to a Mission of serving others and providing
compassionate, personalized care to all. Our inclusive culture,
continuing education programs, career coaches and benefit offerings
are just a few of the resources and tools that team members can use
to create a rewarding career path. In fact, Ascension spent nearly
$46 million in tuition assistance alone to support associate growth
and development. If you are looking for a career where you can grow
and make a difference in your community, we invite you to join our
team today. Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: Ascension
Borgess is an equal opportunity employer (EEO) and affords equal
opportunity to all associates and applicants without regard to
race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, gender
identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability,
veteran status, genetic data, or other legally protected status.For
further information regarding your EEO rights, click on the
following link to the "EEO is the Law" poster:Please note that
Ascension will make an offer of employment only to individuals who
have applied for a position using our official application. Be on
alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Ascension will
not solicit money or banking information from applicants.This
Ministry does not participate in E-Verify and therefore cannot
employ STEM OPT candidates.
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