Registered Nurse - Special Care Nursery - Part Time

Registered Nurse

Sign On Bonus:
Full-time: $10,000 | Part-time $6,000

Department:
Special Care Nursery

Schedule:

Night

Shifts:

7pm-7:30am Weeknights & Every 3rd Weekend

Days: 7a-7:30p Weekdays & Every 3rd Weekend

Hospital:
Henry Ford Health Genesys

Location:

Grand Blanc, Michigan

General

Summary:

• 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, demonstrate 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.
• Provide patient care that reflects a respect for patient's rights, dignity, values, culture, preferences, and expressed needs. Assesses patient/family needs for information and education across the continuum, plans and implements patient teaching using a variety of techniques and methods, and evaluates effectiveness of educational interventions.
• Collaborate with patient/family, hospital staff, and community agencies to develop discharge plans that prepare patients for continued care needs.
• Complete assessment for Risk Factors; including fall, skin breakdown, VTE, and aspiration. Initiate appropriate initiatives as indicated SKINN Bundle, Fall Prevention Plan, SCD, etc.
• Monitor, document, and report patient response to interventions and progress toward outcomes.
• Educate patient regarding treatment plan, safety measures, medications, and self-care as indicated. Document education activities on shift assessment flowsheet and plan of care (POC).
• Review discharge plans/instructions with patient prior to discharge, including signs/symptoms to watch for after leaving the hospital. Ensures appropriate follow-up arranged.
• Ensure that core measures Discharge Instructions are given to all CHF patients.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skill application of basic nursing procedures - dressing change, catheterization, NG tube insertion, suctioning.
• Monitor presence and intensity of patient’s pain on admission, after pain producing events, with each new report of pain, and routinely at regular intervals.
• Recognize acute changes in respiratory status - dyspnea, cyanosis, tachypnea, respiratory depression, airway obstruction and responds - appropriately with direct intervention and physician/SWAT notification.
• Recognize acute changes in neurologic status/decreased LOC and responds appropriately with direct intervention and physician/SWAT notification.
• Recognize acute changes in cardiac status - tachycardia, chest pain and responds appropriately with direct intervention and physician/SWAT notification.
• Recognize acute changes in urinary output and responds appropriately with direct action and physician notification.
• Respond appropriately to life-threatening emergencies through initiation of CPR, assembly of emergency equipment, and immediate interventions (as allowable and indicated).
• Provide appropriate support/summons appropriate resources for families in crisis/grieving process.
• Communicate with other professionals/departments and physician staff to ensure appropriate progress of patients through the system.
• Monitor individual patient length of stay (LOS); notifies case manager and nurse manager of potential LOS/discharge issues.
• Identify ethical issues related to patient care (including issues related to advanced directives) and initiates steps for resolution.
• Demonstrate adherence to patient confidentiality requirements.
• Communicate with patients and families cordially, diplomatically and respectfully.
• Act to resolve customer concerns/complaints immediately; reports complaints that cannot be immediately resolved to Patient Care Director, Clinical Manager, or House Supervisor.
• Promote a physically safe environment for the patient including use and documentation of restraints according to policy.
• Utilize universal precautions for all patients.
• Make cost effective use of supplies and resources.
• Assist in evaluating new products, procedures, nursing practices.
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