McLaren Northern Michigan

The system's 2024 Annual Report highlighted a strategic focus on patient-centered care, quality outcomes, and value, with an emphasis on expanding access through both traditional inpatient services and flexible ambulatory care options. McLaren Health Care's mission is to be the best value in health care as defined by quality outcomes and cost, while its vision is to be the recognized leader and preferred provider of health care services in the communities it serves. The guiding principle across the system is to provide health care as we expect for our own family. Nursing at McLaren Northern Michigan is described as providing exceptional patient-centered, interdisciplinary, evidence-based care with quality-caring relationships at the center of practice. The organization emphasizes a safe, compassionate, and healing environment and promotes a healthy work/life balance. The nursing environment includes structured care delivery models, a defined philosophy and practice model, shared governance, and future planning initiatives. The ICU specifically is a 24-bed medical and surgical unit managing diverse patient populations including trauma, neuro/neurosurgery, general and vascular surgery, cardiac interventional and cardiothoracic, and acute medical conditions.