Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical

divh2Medical Surgical Nurse/h2pResponsible for the delivery of nursing care within the assigned unit scope of practice following hospital policies and procedures, nursing process guidelines, standards of care, and standards of practice./pulliAssesses each assigned patient, documents, and evaluates their response to plan of care, and takes appropriate corrective action./liliPlans and implements the patients plan of care/standard of care and provides patient teaching using the plan of care/standard of care./liliOversees all ancillary personnel for technical tasks./liliSeeks to improve quality of service by continuously developing individual and unit competencies within scope of practice./liliIntegrates into practice the research of best practice benchmarking and clinical pathways./liliMeasures, identifies, and implements strategies to improve clinical practice outcomes and patient safety initiatives, and designs and monitors system nursing improvement plans./liliAnalyzes data to determine outcomes of infection prevention, nursing sensitive indicators, clinical effectiveness, standardization of processes, and patient safety measures and initiatives including AOA standards, CMS guidelines, and National Patient Safety goals./liliPerforms other related responsibilities as necessary./li/ulpRequired:/pulliGraduate of an accredited school of nursing./liliExperience in specialty area will be considered. Experience specific to the unit/position may be required to maintain overall competency level of unit, as required by regulatory agency./liliCurrent State of Michigan Registered Nurse license./liliAmerican Heart Association or American Red Cross BLS certification as Healthcare Provider./liliACLS required within six months of hire/li/ulpPreferred:/pulliOne year of professional nursing experience./liliTNCC and ENPC within one year for Emergency Department/li/ulpSchedule: Full-time/ppHours Per Pay Period: 72/ppOn Call: Yes/ppWeekends: Yes/p/div