Registered Nurse RN New Graduate Progressive Care Unit PCU

About the Role

The Banner Health New Nurse Experience (NNE) Program is a full-time Registered Nurse position designed to assist new graduates in transitioning to a competent, professional nurse. This program offers a collaborative learning environment to refine nursing skills, enhance knowledge, and build professional relationships. Successful candidates will be placed in specific units, clinically mentored by unit staff and educators, and will have access to multiple career pathways and development opportunities. The expectation is to remain on the assigned NNE unit for at least 12 months for comprehensive training. New graduates will need to reside within a reasonable commute distance of the assigned facility. Most new nurses will work three 12-hour shifts, including weekend and holiday rotations.

Program Activities Include

• Clinical experiences with a preceptor
• Training in the Banner Simulation Center
• Competency and skills assessment and verification
• Orientation to the Cerner electronic medical health record system
• Patient care skills lab for hands-on equipment experience
• e-Learning modules
• Resources for professional and personal development

Key Responsibilities

• Assesses patient's physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, and discharge planning needs.
• Reviews patient history and physical with patient/family and assures completion within the appropriate timeframe.
• Reviews available information obtained by other health care team members.
• Reviews diagnostics and laboratory data and reports abnormal results to the physician(s) and other appropriate caregivers.
• Completes assessment and reassessments according to patient need and policy.
• Formulates a plan of care, including the discharge plan, utilizing assessment data and patient, family, and health team input.
• Initiates a plan of care based on patient-specific needs, assessment data, and the medical plan of care.
• Develops realistic and measurable goals for the patient in conjunction with the patient/family.
• Considers the physical, cultural, psychosocial, spiritual, age-specific, and educational needs of the patient in the plan of care.
• Plans care in collaboration with members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Reviews and revises the plan of care to reflect changing patient needs based on evaluation of the patient’s status.
• Implements the plan of care through direct patient care, coordination, delegation, and supervision of the health care team's activities.
• Provides care based on physician orders and the nursing plan of care, in compliance with policies, procedures, standards of care, and regulatory agency requirements.
• Delegates appropriately and provides nursing supervision in the provision of care to patients by other licensed nurses and personnel.
• Promotes continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating the status of patients to other caregivers.
• Evaluates the patient's and family's response to care and teaching, and revises the plan of care as needed.
• Evaluates patient progress towards goals and expected outcomes in collaboration with other health care team members.
• Evaluates patient's response and the effectiveness of patient teaching.
• Documents assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation in the patient record. Documentation is legible, timely, and in accordance with policy.
• Documentation reflects objective/subjective data, nursing interventions, and patient's response to treatment.
• Notes physician orders accurately and in a timely manner.
• Provides care based on the best evidence available and may participate in research activities within clinical practice.
• Participates in unit or facility shared leadership.
• Interacts and participates in the education, role development, and orientation of facility personnel, patients, students, families, and visitors.
• Promotes/supports growth of others through precepting and mentoring when appropriate.
• Contributes to society through activities that lead to excellent patient outcomes through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care.
• Actively participates in the improvement of national nursing quality indicators and outcomes. Such activities may include participating in professional organizations.
• In some roles, may supervise staff and work flow of the department.
• Interacts with all levels of staff in a variety of departments, physicians, patients, families, and external contacts concerning the health care of the patient.
• Interacts with other health care providers in numerous settings to report, ask for, or clarify information.
• Works with clergy to provide spiritual support.
• Synthesizes and prioritizes data from multiple sources to provide support for the human response of the patient and family to changes in health status.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Recent or upcoming graduation from an accredited nursing program
• Current BLS card (through either American Heart Association, Red Cross, or ASHI) or ability to obtain certification before a start date
• No more than 12 months of RN experience
• Cerner electronic medical health record system

Qualifications

• Must possess a current, valid RN license in state of practice, temporary/interim RN license, or compact RN licensure for current state of practice.
• BLS certification is required.
• Additional certification or continuing education may be required based on area of practice.
• Must maintain clinical performance competencies appropriate to the area in which they work.
• Bachelor's degree is preferred.
• Professional certification is preferred.
• Additional related education and/or experience is preferred.
• BSN is preferred - open to ADN at select locations.