Nurse Resident, Emergency Department

About The Department

Join the Henry Ford Health Nurse Residency Program, a high-acuity hub serving Macomb County's fast-growing communities. This program is designed to support novice nurses in transitioning from entry-level advanced beginners to competent professional nurses, fostering critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills within a collaborative interprofessional healthcare team environment.

Role Overview

As a Nurse Resident, you will participate in a twelve-month program facilitated by academic and clinical faculty/preceptors. Your role is to deliver safe, quality care, develop therapeutic relationships with patients and their families, and engage in finding solutions to promote optimum patient outcomes. This position is crucial in bridging the gap between education and professional nursing practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in a twelve-month nurse residency program to develop critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills.
• Deliver safe, quality care within a collaborative interprofessional healthcare team environment.
• Build therapeutic relationships with patients, their families, and other healthcare personnel.
• Engage in finding solutions for variances from patient goals and implement strategies for optimum outcomes.
• Interpret the philosophy and goals of Henry Ford Health in your daily work.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• NCLEX-RN: Successfully pass and hold an active, unrestricted license within 60 days of hire.
• BCLS: Health care provider certification required.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing with less than six (6) months of experience in a related area of nursing practice.
• Successfully complete orientation and sign a statement of commitment.