RN Med Surg Cardiac
Company: Royal Oak Hospital
Location: Royal Oak
Posted on: March 18, 2023
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Job Description:
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GENERAL SUMMARY:
The Registered Nurse, under the ANA scope of practice, utilizes the
framework of the nursing process to provide professional nursing
care by incorporating patient-family centered care principles. The
Registered Nurse provides quality patient care under the direction
of the Nurse Leader according to Beaumont policies and
procedures.
UNIT SUMMARY:
5 Northwest is a 33-bed surgical unit specializing in care of the
adult patient. We provide compassionate, high quality patient and
family centered care for a wide variety of surgical patients. 5
Northwest regularly cares for patients undergoing cardiac surgery,
thoracic surgery, peripheral vascular surgery, general surgery, and
trauma work up as well as patients with Congestive Heart Failure.
Our mission is to always provide our patients and their families
with an exceptional experience during their stay with us on the
unit. Our 5 Northwest team is committed to ensuring a safe and
holistic environment with excellence in both care and service to
all our patients and their families.
BENEFITS
Beaumont offers a comprehensive benefits package to meet your
financial, health and life-work balance goals.
Generous paid time off, holidays and flexible scheduling
Our employees receive special discounts on a wide range of products
and services
Exceptional health, dental, vision and prescription drug insurance
plans
Tuition Reimbursement
Relocation assistance
Savings & retirement plans, disability insurance, identify theft
protection and even home and auto insurance
STANDARD QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to
perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed
below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability
required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable
individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
Education / Training: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Diploma, A.D.N., B.S.N., M.S.N., DNP/PhD - if not minimum BSN
prepared, new graduate/nurse with less than one (1) year experience
is required to sign an educational contract upon hire to complete
BSN within specified timeframe and adhere to contract stipulations.
RN must enroll in an accredited BSN program within one (1) year of
hire date and complete within the next three (3) years. This is
effective September 1, 2017.
Specialty Certification highly recommended after 2 years in
specialty.
Work Experience: As required by job posting
Certification, Licensure, Registration: RN with active license in
State of Michigan
Other Qualifications: Current American Heart Association BLS for
Healthcare Providers certification and other certifications as
required by department.
--- Critical Care: ACLS within 6 months of hire/transfer
--- Emergency Care: ACLS within 6 months of hire/transfer, TNCC and
ENPC within 12 and 15 months of hire/transfer respectively.
--- NICU NRP within 6 months of hire/transfer
--- Pediatrics: PALS within 12 months of hire/transfer
--- Family Birth Center: NRP within 6 months of hire/transfer
--- Family Birth Center: EFM within 1 year of hire/transfer
--- Mother Baby Care: NRP within 6 months of hire/transfer
--- Pre-Op and PACU requires ACLS and PALS within 6 months of
hire
--- Endoscopy: ACLS required
--- Radiology: ACLS within 6 months of hire
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
Applies the nursing process of assessment, planning,
implementation, evaluation and discharge needs of
patient/family/significant other.
Applies the Core Concepts of Patient- and Family-Centered Care
(PFCC) in practice, and uses this knowledge to personalize care for
each patient/family.
Recognizes the impact of nursing care and patient/family
partnerships on patient outcomes.
Partners with and utilizes patient/family input and goals in
planning plan of care.
Provides quality care that meets or exceeds the expectations of
value (core measures, quality matrix, patient experience, fiscally
responsible).
Provides assistance to individuals in a manner that takes into
account their special needs, age-related and cultural-related
needs.
Recognizes the roles of the interdisciplinary team, patient and
family care partners and utilizes them appropriately as resources
in planning patient care.
Delegates appropriate tasks.
Demonstrates knowledge of and competently performs technical
procedures and uses equipment properly.
Documents in the patient record in a timely, accurate and concise
manner. Develops teaching strategies for patient/family; documents
education and learning appropriately in health record.
Demonstrates leadership in the professional practice setting and is
responsible for continuing personal education, mentoring peers and
educating patients and families.
Stays up to date with current health system initiatives and
incorporates evidence based practice and research into practice.
Maintains current knowledge in area of clinical practice.
Completes a self-appraisal that includes professional goals
annually and completes peer review.
Participates in department based activities, staff meetings and
committees.
Actively participates in hand offs of care, including the patient,
family and partners in care.
Demonstrates knowledge, understanding and embraces cultural
traditions and lore of community served.
This document represents the major duties, responsibilities, and
authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list
of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore,
that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond
those explicitly described.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Physical Effort:
Strength
Position requires ability to frequently push/pull up to 30 lb.
objects with assist of others, occasional requires ability to lift
objects more than 50 lbs. with others, constantly lift objects up
to 20 lbs. And frequently lift up to 40 lbs.
Manual Dexterity
Position requires incumbent to constantly perform simple motor
skills such as standing, walking and simple manipulative skills
such as writing. Position requires incumbent to frequently perform
moderately difficult manipulative skills such as positioning
patients.
Coordination
Position requires incumbent to constantly perform gross body
coordination such as walking. Frequently perform tasks which
require hand-eye coordination such as assisting patients to eat,
collections of specimens for transport to lab and tasks which
require arm-hand steadiness such as taking patients temps and
pulses.
Mobility
Positions requires incumbent to constantly walk and stand;
occasionally sit for prolonged periods, frequently bend such as
when caring for a patient in bed.
Visual Discrimination
Positions requires incumbent to constantly see objects far away as
in driving and see close objects such as reading thermometers.
Hearing
Positions requires incumbent to constantly be able to hear normal
sound with some background noise as in answering phone/intercom.
Frequently be able to distinguish sound as in equipment alarms.
Work Environment:
Employee may be frequently exposed to electro-magnetic radiations
as in VDTs. Occasionally exposed to hazardous material other than
blood, body tissues, or fluids, dust, toxins, cytotoxons, chemical
hazardous materials, bodily injuries, loud and/or unpleasant
noises, high humidity, electrical hazards, or poisonous substances.
Infrequently exposed to blood, body tissue, or fluids. Seldom
exposed to fluctuations in temperature, grease, oil, and
radiation.
Potential risk of an exposure to hazardous medications or waste
materials of hazardous medications.
ABOUT BEAUMONT
Beaumont offers you a world of opportunity throughout Southeast
Michigan. With eight hospitals and 155 outpatient sites you'll have
a wide variety of practice settings to choose from. Beaumont has
more nationally ranked hospitals in Michigan than any other health
system.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer
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sex, disability, age, religion, genetic information, marital
status, height, weight, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation,
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