Henry Ford Health
FILLED ~ RN Registered Nurse - Diagnostic Cardiology - FT Days 6:30a-5p, Weekday
Henry Ford Health, Grand Blanc, Michigan, United States, 48480
RN Registered Nurse – Diagnostic Cardiology – FT Days 6:30a-5p, Weekdays W/ Rotating Weekends
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Hospital: Henry Ford Health Genesys
Location: Grand Blanc, Michigan
Sign On Bonus $10,000
Department & Schedule
Department: Diagnostic Cardiology
Schedule: FT Days 6:30a-5p Weekdays W/ Rotating Weekends
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 respects patients’ rights, dignity, values, culture, preferences, and expressed needs. Assess patient/family needs for information and education across the continuum, plan and implement patient teaching using a variety of techniques and methods, and evaluate effectiveness of educational interventions. Help to alleviate patient fears and anxiety through skillful application of professional and interpersonal communication. Utilize a variety of pharmacologic and non‑pharmacologic approaches to ensure patient comfort and pain relief. Involve patients, families, and significant others in the development of the plan of care.
Collaborate with patients/families, 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 in the SKINN Bundle, Fall Prevention Plan, SCD, etc.
Complete medication reconciliation upon admission and change in level of care. Establish, direct, coordinate, and document plan of nursing care in conjunction with patient/family.
Initiate problems and outcomes list (plan‑of‑care) based on medical diagnosis and patient needs.
Monitor, document, and report patient response to interventions and progress toward outcomes.
Document nursing interventions (NIC) and progress toward outcomes (NOC); patient education; and evaluation every shift, as required.
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). Work with case manager to ensure appropriate referrals are initiated prior to discharge.
Review discharge plans/instructions with patient prior to discharge, including signs/symptoms to watch for after leaving the hospital. Ensure appropriate follow‑up is arranged.
Ensure that core discharge instructions are given to all CHF patients.
Document patient care according to established documentation guidelines.
Administration of therapeutic regimens and demonstration of basic nursing procedures such as dressing change, catheterization, NG tube insertion, suctioning.
Implement and complete medical interventions as ordered. Initiate standing orders appropriately. Assist with all patient care activities including activities of daily living and provide other services as required for patient comfort, safety, and well‑being.
Assess and initiate interventions to prevent/minimize patient skin breakdown.
Follow clinical practice guidelines and procedures as written.
Establish and maintain peripheral IV therapy.
Obtain body fluid specimens per procedure. Obtain blood specimens if no phlebotomist assigned to area. Perform blood capillary glucose monitoring.
Administer medications, IVs, and blood products according to established policies and procedures.
Prepare patients for surgery or other invasive procedures according to established guidelines.
Perform or assist with procedures according to established standards of care and nursing practice.
Utilize equipment based on manufacturer instructions and established nursing procedure. Correctly operate and troubleshoot IV pumps, PCA pumps, epidural pumps, feeding pumps, patient beds, as applicable.
Monitor patient responses and respond to changing patient situations.
Review patient medical record/reports and confer with physician regarding treatment plans. Routinely check chart for new orders.
Monitor patient physiological parameters including vital signs, lab work, I/O, and blood glucose; recognize and report meaningful changes and intervene appropriately. Document interventions accordingly.
Monitor presence and intensity of patient pain on admission, after pain‑producing events, with each new report of pain, and routinely at regular intervals.
Inform patient about pain relief measures; administer pain medication or alternative interventions as indicated; include pain management resources in the discharge plan/instructions.
Recognize acute changes in respiratory status—dyspnea, cyanosis, tachypnea, respiratory depression, airway obstruction—and respond with appropriate direct intervention and physician notification. Also recognize acute changes in neurologic status, cardiac status, and urinary output, responding appropriately.
Respond appropriately to life‑threatening emergencies through initiation of CPR, assembly of emergency equipment, and immediate interventions (as allowable and indicated).
Perform emergency equipment checks.
Provide appropriate support and summon appropriate resources for families in crisis or grieving process. Ensure quality of health care practices.
Communicate with other professionals, departments, and physician staff to ensure appropriate progress of patients through the system.
Monitor individual patient length of stay (LOS); notify case manager and nurse manager of potential LOS/discharge issues.
Identify ethical issues related to patient care and initiate steps for resolution.
Demonstrate adherence to patient confidentiality requirements.
Act to resolve customer concerns/complaints immediately; report unresolved complaints 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.
Support organizational, nursing department, and unit strategic goals and activities; participate in department and unit‑based council/staff activities meetings.
Support and actively participate in nursing department and unit‑specific quality monitoring and quality improvement activities.
Participate in teaching/mentoring of student nurses and orientation of new staff.
Evaluate own performance utilizing input from peers, co‑workers, managers, physicians, customers, and develop a plan for continual improvement.
Complete yearly safety and unit‑specific education requirements (GLI).
Organizational and work role responsibilities regarding appropriate patient care assignments, taking into consideration patient condition and workload of staff.
Provide direction and leadership to other staff by clearly communicating expectations and observing patients and work in progress throughout the shift.
Communicate with team members regarding work to be completed or problems encountered.
Assist team members with patient care activities as needed.
Use the 4 Ps (patient, pertinent issues, picture, plan) to give appropriate and pertinent information at change‑of‑shift and/or transfer.
Participate in creating and maintaining a healthy work environment by treating co‑workers with respect, resolving conflicts promptly, privately, and appropriately.
Communicate appropriate patient care issues/concerns to nurse manager.
Respond appropriately to changes in unit workloads, patient census, and/or staffing levels.
Interpersonal skills necessary to interact with patients/families, other nursing staff, physicians, and other hospital personnel.
Ability to walk or stand continuously and frequently lift and position patients.
Working conditions: normal patient care environment with moderate exposure to noise, dust, temperature, etc. Frequent exposure to communicable diseases, hazardous substances, and moderately adverse working conditions.
Orientation requirements: approximately 3 to 9 months on‑the‑job experience required to acquire and apply knowledge of unit and departmental policies, procedures, and standards for patient care and professional nursing practice.
This description is not an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or qualifications. The most recently dated job description on file will be considered the official job description.
Education & Experience Requirements
Licensed Registered Nurse credentialed from the Michigan Board of Nursing obtained within 2 months (60 days) of hire date or job transfer date required.
Certified BLS Provider specializing in Basic Life Support credentialed from the American Heart Association (AHA) obtained within 3 months (90 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. Or Certified Instructor.
Education: Requires a graduate of an approved professional (RN) nursing program.
No additional preference.
Additional Information
Organization: Henry Ford Health Genesys Hospital
Department: Diagnostic Cardiology Anc 001
Shift: Day Job
Union Code: MIGRA Teamsters RN Local 332
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Hospital: Henry Ford Health Genesys
Location: Grand Blanc, Michigan
Sign On Bonus $10,000
Department & Schedule
Department: Diagnostic Cardiology
Schedule: FT Days 6:30a-5p Weekdays W/ Rotating Weekends
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 respects patients’ rights, dignity, values, culture, preferences, and expressed needs. Assess patient/family needs for information and education across the continuum, plan and implement patient teaching using a variety of techniques and methods, and evaluate effectiveness of educational interventions. Help to alleviate patient fears and anxiety through skillful application of professional and interpersonal communication. Utilize a variety of pharmacologic and non‑pharmacologic approaches to ensure patient comfort and pain relief. Involve patients, families, and significant others in the development of the plan of care.
Collaborate with patients/families, 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 in the SKINN Bundle, Fall Prevention Plan, SCD, etc.
Complete medication reconciliation upon admission and change in level of care. Establish, direct, coordinate, and document plan of nursing care in conjunction with patient/family.
Initiate problems and outcomes list (plan‑of‑care) based on medical diagnosis and patient needs.
Monitor, document, and report patient response to interventions and progress toward outcomes.
Document nursing interventions (NIC) and progress toward outcomes (NOC); patient education; and evaluation every shift, as required.
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). Work with case manager to ensure appropriate referrals are initiated prior to discharge.
Review discharge plans/instructions with patient prior to discharge, including signs/symptoms to watch for after leaving the hospital. Ensure appropriate follow‑up is arranged.
Ensure that core discharge instructions are given to all CHF patients.
Document patient care according to established documentation guidelines.
Administration of therapeutic regimens and demonstration of basic nursing procedures such as dressing change, catheterization, NG tube insertion, suctioning.
Implement and complete medical interventions as ordered. Initiate standing orders appropriately. Assist with all patient care activities including activities of daily living and provide other services as required for patient comfort, safety, and well‑being.
Assess and initiate interventions to prevent/minimize patient skin breakdown.
Follow clinical practice guidelines and procedures as written.
Establish and maintain peripheral IV therapy.
Obtain body fluid specimens per procedure. Obtain blood specimens if no phlebotomist assigned to area. Perform blood capillary glucose monitoring.
Administer medications, IVs, and blood products according to established policies and procedures.
Prepare patients for surgery or other invasive procedures according to established guidelines.
Perform or assist with procedures according to established standards of care and nursing practice.
Utilize equipment based on manufacturer instructions and established nursing procedure. Correctly operate and troubleshoot IV pumps, PCA pumps, epidural pumps, feeding pumps, patient beds, as applicable.
Monitor patient responses and respond to changing patient situations.
Review patient medical record/reports and confer with physician regarding treatment plans. Routinely check chart for new orders.
Monitor patient physiological parameters including vital signs, lab work, I/O, and blood glucose; recognize and report meaningful changes and intervene appropriately. Document interventions accordingly.
Monitor presence and intensity of patient pain on admission, after pain‑producing events, with each new report of pain, and routinely at regular intervals.
Inform patient about pain relief measures; administer pain medication or alternative interventions as indicated; include pain management resources in the discharge plan/instructions.
Recognize acute changes in respiratory status—dyspnea, cyanosis, tachypnea, respiratory depression, airway obstruction—and respond with appropriate direct intervention and physician notification. Also recognize acute changes in neurologic status, cardiac status, and urinary output, responding appropriately.
Respond appropriately to life‑threatening emergencies through initiation of CPR, assembly of emergency equipment, and immediate interventions (as allowable and indicated).
Perform emergency equipment checks.
Provide appropriate support and summon appropriate resources for families in crisis or grieving process. Ensure quality of health care practices.
Communicate with other professionals, departments, and physician staff to ensure appropriate progress of patients through the system.
Monitor individual patient length of stay (LOS); notify case manager and nurse manager of potential LOS/discharge issues.
Identify ethical issues related to patient care and initiate steps for resolution.
Demonstrate adherence to patient confidentiality requirements.
Act to resolve customer concerns/complaints immediately; report unresolved complaints 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.
Support organizational, nursing department, and unit strategic goals and activities; participate in department and unit‑based council/staff activities meetings.
Support and actively participate in nursing department and unit‑specific quality monitoring and quality improvement activities.
Participate in teaching/mentoring of student nurses and orientation of new staff.
Evaluate own performance utilizing input from peers, co‑workers, managers, physicians, customers, and develop a plan for continual improvement.
Complete yearly safety and unit‑specific education requirements (GLI).
Organizational and work role responsibilities regarding appropriate patient care assignments, taking into consideration patient condition and workload of staff.
Provide direction and leadership to other staff by clearly communicating expectations and observing patients and work in progress throughout the shift.
Communicate with team members regarding work to be completed or problems encountered.
Assist team members with patient care activities as needed.
Use the 4 Ps (patient, pertinent issues, picture, plan) to give appropriate and pertinent information at change‑of‑shift and/or transfer.
Participate in creating and maintaining a healthy work environment by treating co‑workers with respect, resolving conflicts promptly, privately, and appropriately.
Communicate appropriate patient care issues/concerns to nurse manager.
Respond appropriately to changes in unit workloads, patient census, and/or staffing levels.
Interpersonal skills necessary to interact with patients/families, other nursing staff, physicians, and other hospital personnel.
Ability to walk or stand continuously and frequently lift and position patients.
Working conditions: normal patient care environment with moderate exposure to noise, dust, temperature, etc. Frequent exposure to communicable diseases, hazardous substances, and moderately adverse working conditions.
Orientation requirements: approximately 3 to 9 months on‑the‑job experience required to acquire and apply knowledge of unit and departmental policies, procedures, and standards for patient care and professional nursing practice.
This description is not an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or qualifications. The most recently dated job description on file will be considered the official job description.
Education & Experience Requirements
Licensed Registered Nurse credentialed from the Michigan Board of Nursing obtained within 2 months (60 days) of hire date or job transfer date required.
Certified BLS Provider specializing in Basic Life Support credentialed from the American Heart Association (AHA) obtained within 3 months (90 days) of hire date or job transfer date required. Or Certified Instructor.
Education: Requires a graduate of an approved professional (RN) nursing program.
No additional preference.
Additional Information
Organization: Henry Ford Health Genesys Hospital
Department: Diagnostic Cardiology Anc 001
Shift: Day Job
Union Code: MIGRA Teamsters RN Local 332
#J-18808-Ljbffr