Special Procedures Registered Nurse - Interventional Radiology,Vascular Surgery Neurovascular Services Job Cincinnati area,Ohio USA

Job Description Special Procedures Registered Nurse
- Interventional Radiology, Vascular Surgery & Neurovascular Service

The practice of nursing requires specialized knowledge, judgment, and skills to provide care to groups and individuals. The RN utilizes knowledge derived from the principles of biological, physical, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care in the specialty areas of interventional radiology, vascular surgery, and neurovascular services. All care is provided based on the concepts inherent in the model of care for TCH which promotes an on-going partnership between patients and families and the team of healthcare providers.

The care is culturally based and age specific. The RN adheres to American Nursing Association (ANA) code of ethics and to the scope of practice described in the Ohio Nurse Practice Act.

Responsibilities

The Nursing Proce

Assessment
- Demonstrates the nursing skills to complete a holistic assessment of the patient's physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and education needs utilizing The Christ Hospital Professional Practice Model.

Understands signs and symptoms and data related to the patient's presenting needs and actual or potential nursing diagnosis.

Recognizes and appropriately reports to the physician and charge RN pertinent abnormal data and changes in the patient's condition.

Utilizes appropriate handoff methods to collaborate with other healthcare team members to communicate pertinent data regarding patient's physiological and psychological data.

Assesses patient, family, and environment for safety risks, proactively seeks out and performs safety initiatives.

Functions as a scrub assistant to the physicians using the principles of sterile technique.

Sets up sterile trays and all specialized equipment according to procedure being performed.

Maintains hemostasis of a vessel post procedure using a compression device, closure device or manual compression. Recognize the potential problems associated with insertion sites and take appropriate corrective actions if indicated.

Maintains competency on arterial and venous sheath removal techniques and instrumentation management.

Diagnosis and Planning
- Utilizes collected data to establish and prioritize a list of actual, and potential, individualized patient problems and needs.

Prepares, coordinates, and revises multidisciplinary plan of care in collaboration with the patient and family to be supportive of the TCH model of care/Patient and Family Centered care. For each problem a measurable goal is set.

Communicates the plan of care utilizing SBAR and handoff processes with all team members.

Establish priorities of care, discusses plan of care during shift report, and participates in care conferences.

Initiates discharge planning upon admission, makes appropriate referrals consistent with the anticipated length of stay.

Implementation
- The method of providing evidence based, quality care is based on assessed needs and standards of care while adhering to hospital policy and procedures to achieve set goals.

Performs and delegates nursing actions based on appropriate orders demonstrates critical thinking and accountability for appropriate implementation.

Provides ongoing, individualized holistic patient and family education based on needs and plan of care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.

Demonstrates critical thinking upon review of physician orders, making appropriate referrals, & contacts other health team professionals.

Responds to emergency situations that require an immediate, controlled precision in a skillful manner.

Implement measures to prevent contamination and/or transmission of disease to include the use of appropriate protective devices and…

Special Procedures Registered Nurse - Interventional Radiology, Vascular Surgery Neurovascular Services