Institute, revise, and evaluate daily the plan of care based on patient responseAbility to institute and revise the plan of care as indicated by the patient’s response to treatment and evaluate overall plan daily for effectiveness.
Day to day
Perform head-to-toe assessments and reassessments per policy
Day to day
Use triage process to ensure timely and appropriate careUses triage process to ensure timely and appropriate care to patients.
Day to day
Assess pain, utilize pain management techniques, and educate patient and family
Day to day
Monitor hemodynamic status and interpret resultsAbility to monitor hemodynamic status of patient and correctly interpret results.
Day to day
Monitor cardiac status, identify dysrhythmias, and treat appropriatelyDemonstrates knowledge of cardiac monitoring, identifies dysrhythmias and treats appropriately.
Day to day
Perform patient care considering age-specific standards of carePerforms patient care responsibilities considering needs specific to the standard of care for patient’s age.
Day to day
Maintain medication knowledge and administer medications appropriately by age and conditionMaintains current knowledge of medications and their correct administration based on age of the patient and his/her clinical condition.
Day to day
Follow the five medication rights to reduce potential errorsFollows the five (5) medication rights and reduces the potential for medication errors.
Day to day
Prepare, hang, monitor, and discontinue IV fluidsPrepares, hangs, monitors and discontinues IV fluids.
Day to day
Maintain accurate nursing documentation of histories, conditions, treatments, and changesMaintains accurate and continued nursing documentation including patient histories, conditions, treatments, responses and assessment of changes.
Day to day
Formulate and evaluate teaching plans including family as appropriateFormulates a teaching plan based upon identified learning needs and evaluates effectiveness of learning, family is included in teaching as appropriate.
Day to day
Assist physicians with procedures and perform technical/manual servicesDemonstrates an ability to assist physicians with procedures and performs services requiring technical and manual skills.
Day to day
Perform treatments and provide services to level of licensureDemonstrates ability to perform treatments and provide services to level licensure.
Day to day
Address psychosocial, cultural, ethnic, and spiritual needs and act as liaison
Day to day
Involve patient and family in forming plan of careInteracts professionally with patient/family and involves patient/family in the formation of the plan of care.
Day to day
Communicate psychosocial needs to Social Service/Discharge PlannerIdentifies and addresses psychosocial needs of patients and family; communicates with Social Service/Discharge Planner regarding both in-hospital and post discharge needs.
Day to day
Attend at least 3 staff meetings annually and sign minutesAttends at least 3 staff meetings annually, reads and signs all staff meeting minutes.
Day to day
Participate in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement activitiesActively participates in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement activities.
Provides direct and indirect patient care that meets the psychosocial, physical and general needs of the patients. Communication with physicians, co-workers as appropriate about changes in patient’s clinical condition including results of diagnostic studies and symptomatology. Maintains regulatory agency requirements, nursing and hospital policies, procedures and standards. Is able to respond quickly and accurately to changes in condition or response to treatment.
Essential functions include but are not limited to
Ability to institute and revise the plan of care as indicated by the patient’s response to treatment and evaluate overall plan daily for effectiveness.
Ability to perform a head-to-toe assessment on all patients and reassessments as per policy. This includes neonate, pediatric, adolescent and geriatric patients and the general patient population.
Uses triage process to ensure timely and appropriate care to patients.
Ability to adequately assess and reassess pain. Utilizes appropriate pain management techniques. Educates the patient and family regarding pain management.
Ability to monitor hemodynamic status of patient and correctly interpret results.
Demonstrates knowledge of cardiac monitoring, identifies dysrhythmias and treats appropriately.
Performs patient care responsibilities considering needs specific to the standard of care for patient’s age.
Maintains current knowledge of medications and their correct administration based on age of the patient and his/her clinical condition.
Follows the five (5) medication rights and reduces the potential for medication errors.
Prepares, hangs, monitors and discontinues IV fluids.
Maintains accurate and continued nursing documentation including patient histories, conditions, treatments, responses and assessment of changes.
Formulates a teaching plan based upon identified learning needs and evaluates effectiveness of learning, family is included in teaching as appropriate.
Demonstrates an ability to assist physicians with procedures and performs services requiring technical and manual skills.
Demonstrates ability to perform treatments and provide services to level licensure.
Treats patients and their families with respect and dignity. Identifies and addresses psychosocial, cultural, ethnic and religious/spiritual needs of patients and their families. Functions as liaison between administration, patients, physicians and other healthcare providers.
Interacts professionally with patient/family and involves patient/family in the formation of the plan of care.
Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and the skills necessary to provide age appropriate care to the patient population served. Able to interpret data about the patient’s status in order to identify each patient’s age specific needs and provide care needed by the patient group.
Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
Identifies and addresses psychosocial needs of patients and family; communicates with Social Service/Discharge Planner regarding both in-hospital and post discharge needs.
Perform tasks which are supportive in nature to the essential functions of the job, but which may be altered or redesigned depending upon individual circumstances.
Requirements
Professional
Requirements
Completes annual education requirements.
Maintains regulatory requirements.
Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
Reports to work on time and a scheduled, completes work within designated time.
Wears identification while on duty.
Completes in-services and returns in a timely fashion.
Attends annual review and department in-services as scheduled.
Attends at least 3 staff meetings annually, reads and signs all staff meeting minutes.
Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner in the community.
Actively participates in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement activities.
Complies with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices.
Communicates the mission, ethics and goals of the facility, as well as the focus statement of the department.
Regulatory
Requirements
Current Registered Nurse license for the State of Michigan.
Current AHA Healthcare Provider Certification.
ACLS certified within three (3) months of hire.
PALS certification preferred.
Physical
Requirements
Prolonged walking/standing/sitting.
Ability to lift and position patients with assistance of other personnel.
Ability to push patients on gurneys/in wheelchairs.
Neighborhoods+Residential living in Munising centers on two main settings: the compact, historic town core and the expansive rural parcels of surrounding Munising Township. In-town blocks feature older wood-frame cottages and single-family houses situated close to Munising Bay and walkable commercial streets, though residents must manage heightened tourist pedestrian traffic and vacation rentals in peak summer. Outlying areas in Munising Township and along the M-28 corridor toward Au Train provide wooded acreage and privacy, where buyers must carefully check year-round road maintenance, proximity to active snowmobile trails, and reliable broadband connections.
Residential living in Munising centers on two main settings: the compact, historic town core and the expansive rural parcels of surrounding Munising Township. In-town blocks feature older wood-frame cottages and single-family houses situated close to Munising Bay and walkable commercial streets, though residents must manage heightened tourist pedestrian traffic and vacation rentals in peak summer.
Outlying areas in Munising Township and along the M-28 corridor toward Au Train provide wooded acreage and privacy, where buyers must carefully check year-round road maintenance, proximity to active snowmobile trails, and reliable broadband connections.
Getting around+Commuting in Munising is almost exclusively automotive, utilizing M-28 as the primary east-west lifeline alongside connecting two-lane county routes. The community lacks a fixed-route public bus network, making private vehicle ownership essential for healthcare shifts. Typical daily drives within the immediate area are brief and clear during mild months, but winter brings heavy lake-effect squalls and blowing snow that demand four-wheel-drive capability, winter tires, and patience during early-morning snowplow passes.
Commuting in Munising is almost exclusively automotive, utilizing M-28 as the primary east-west lifeline alongside connecting two-lane county routes. The community lacks a fixed-route public bus network, making private vehicle ownership essential for healthcare shifts.
Typical daily drives within the immediate area are brief and clear during mild months, but winter brings heavy lake-effect squalls and blowing snow that demand four-wheel-drive capability, winter tires, and patience during early-morning snowplow passes.
Outdoors+Munising serves as the premier gateway to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, offering miles of sandstone bluffs, backcountry hiking trails, and accessible cascades like Chapel Falls, Miners Falls, and roadside Alger Falls along M-28. Boaters and paddlers utilize Munising Bay to tour Grand Island National Recreation Area and explore shipwrecks in the Alger Underwater Preserve. In winter, extensive groomed trail systems through the surrounding Hiawatha National Forest support world-class snowmobiling, snowshoeing, and cross-country skiing.
Munising serves as the premier gateway to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, offering miles of sandstone bluffs, backcountry hiking trails, and accessible cascades like Chapel Falls, Miners Falls, and roadside Alger Falls along M-28. Boaters and paddlers utilize Munising Bay to tour Grand Island National Recreation Area and explore shipwrecks in the Alger Underwater Preserve. In winter, extensive groomed trail systems through the surrounding Hiawatha National Forest support world-class snowmobiling, snowshoeing, and cross-country skiing.
Munising offers healthcare professionals a rare opportunity to live and practice at the edge of the wilderness, serving as the southern gateway to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Grand Island on Lake Superior. Downtown life is grounded and tight-knit, where shift workers can grab morning coffee at Gallery Coffee Co., enjoy traditional meat pasties at Muldoons, source fresh whitefish from VanLandschoots, and unwind after hours at East Channel Brewing Company. Commutes along M-28 and through Munising Township are short and stress-free in fair weather, but winter brings serious logistical tests: heavy lake-effect snow accumulations demand four-wheel drive, durable winter gear, and deliberate preparation. Year-round rental and housing supply can be limited due to the prevalence of seasonal vacation properties, and larger urban conveniences require an occasional trip to Marquette. For nurses who prioritize world-class trail access, paddling, snowmobiling, and genuine Upper Peninsula community warmth over bustling commercial corridors, Munising delivers an authentic, scenic refuge.
