Nurse Resident, Emergency Department

About The Department

• A high-acuity hub serving Macomb County's fast-growing communities.
• Designed to support novice nurses in transitioning from entry-level advanced beginners to competent professional nurses.
• Fosters critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills within a collaborative interprofessional healthcare team environment.

Role Overview

• Participate in a twelve-month program facilitated by academic and clinical faculty/preceptors.
• Deliver safe, quality care.
• Develop therapeutic relationships with patients and their families.
• Engage in finding solutions to promote optimum patient outcomes.
• Bridge 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.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing with less than six (6) months of experience in a related area of nursing practice.
• Successfully pass NCLEX-RN.
• Hold an active, unrestricted license within 60 days of hire.
• Health care provider certification (BCLS) required.
• Successfully complete orientation and sign a statement of commitment.