New Grad Registered Nurse (RN) - Inpatient Acute Care
- Eligibility
- Spinal Cord InjuryCardiacOncology
Posted Jul 23 · New grads welcomed · reported
- Shift and hours
- Weekends only
- Unit and setting
- Rehab
- License
- RN license Registered Nurse in the state of Michigan
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed
- License
- Registered Nurse in the state of Michigan Check your license
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies →4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- In range for Michigan staff rolesMichigan staff postings that state pay run $30/hr to $55/hr, the middle half $34/hr to $52/hr, across 384 postings.
- Weekend differential
- Weekend option starting at $36/hr (eligible for increase based on experience); Includes a 25% increase to base wage Weekend option starting at $36/hr (eligible for increase based on experience); Includes a 25% increase to base wage
- Pay differential
- Shift differentials and sign-on bonuses available! Shift differentials and sign-on bonuses available!
- Tuition assistance
- Offered
- Loan repayment
- Offered
Benefits
- Health Insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision)
- PTO
- Holiday Pay
- Annual Merit Increases
- PSLF Eligible (Loan Forgiveness)
- Tuition Reimbursement
More benefits (2)
- Shift Differentials
- Sign-on Bonuses
The workplace
You come to Mary Free Bed’s main hospital in Grand Rapids to practice inpatient rehabilitation nursing—stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, ortho trauma and amputee, pediatrics, and medically complex cardiac and oncology floors. The building now holds 167 private inpatient…
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
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Department Names
Inpatient Acute Care
3N Spinal Cord Injury Unit
3S Medically Complex Unit (Cardiac/Oncology)
Pediatrics Unit
Intensive Medical Rehab Unit
4 North Stroke
4 South Brain Injury
6th Floor Ortho Trauma/Amputee Unit
Compensation
Bedside RN starting at $36/hr (eligible for increase based on experience);
- Shift differentials and sign-on bonuses available!
Weekend option starting at $36/hr (eligible for increase based on experience);
Includes a 25% increase to base wage;
- Shift differentials and sign-on bonuses available!
Primary Location Main Hospital - Grand Rapids, MI
Other
Benefits
Annual Merit Increases, Health Insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision,) PTO, Holiday Pay, PSLF Eligible, Tuition Reimbursement
Summary
Registered Nurses are a key member of the multi-disciplinary team that collaborates together to provide patient-centered care. Within the Nursing Department, RNs coordinate, direct, delegate, and provide care to multiple patients. Using a patient and family-centered care approach, each RN develops relationships with patients, families, and colleagues that enhance the quality of care provided.
Nursing care is performed with compassion and courtesy, and each RN is responsible for following departmental policies and service standards. Patient and family education is a primary focus of rehabilitation nursing and is a critical aspect of the interdisciplinary team's efforts to assist patients to gain independence, apply adaptation strategies, and return home.
Essential Job Responsibilities
Staff will provide patient care, treatment, and services within the scope of their license, certification or registration and as required by law and regulation.
Quality Pillar of Excellence
Quality Nursing Care – The Registered Nurse is responsible for all nursing care provided to patients at Mary Free Bed. Through careful assessment of each patient, interdisciplinary collaboration, and critical thinking, each RN develops and/or follows a patient-centered plan of care that aligns with the priorities and plans developed by the attending physician and other disciplines. The RN coordinates care for non-licensed staff through delegation and follow-up, to assure that all care provided follows departmental policies and procedures.
Quality Improvement – Mary Free Bed is committed to providing rehabilitation services that are of the highest possible quality. Opportunities for improvement are valued, as staff and leaders will take advantage of lessons learned to improve future services. Each RN will participate in performance improvement through identification of ways to improve care, reporting unexpected events or medical errors, and reporting "near misses". As requested, the RNs will participate in data collection and documentation audits to assist the Nursing Department with quality improvement measures.
Patient Safety – Each RN is responsible to promote safety for all patients served by following all applicable department policies and procedures. RNs will understand and contribute to the initiatives that are in place to improve the safety of the patients served. Additionally, a culture of patient safety is very important at MFB, and this requires all employees to be able to identify and report unexpected events and near misses without the fear of reprisal or retaliation. Retaliation or intimidation towards
What's around it?
Grand Rapids, MIFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 5% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,266/mo
- Household income
- $69,108/yr, all local households, not nurse pay