Registered Nurse, PACU​/OPS

• Provides patient care by assessing needs, giving medications and treatments, creating care plans, and documenting care accurately.
• Collaborates with doctors and other healthcare team members to keep patients safe, provide education, and improve quality of care.
• Utilizes the nursing process and collaborates with interdisciplinary team members in caring for patients.
• Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques, policies and procedures, standards of care, and State laws practice act.
• Documents according to standards of care.
• Performs assessments, planning, intervention, and evaluation of care.
• Develops, initiates, and executes individualized patient plans of care, including patient and family instruction.
• Participates in department or unit performance improvement activities, which may include shared governance.
• Provides clinical expertise and guidance to other units/departments in support of the patient’s longitudinal plan of care.
• Uses critical thinking regarding patient safety and patient experience and escalates appropriately through the chain of command.
• Participates the professional nursing continuum process, unit practice activities and decisions, and peer review process.

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
• ADN required upon hire, BSN preferred.
• May require specific years of applicable experience to qualify (per department guidelines)
• Licensed as an RN in state of practice
• Approved CPR/BLS certification required within 90 days
• Other certification(s) per unit requirements. For example: ACLS, PALS, PEARS, and NRP
• May include color blind test (per department guidelines)

Demonstrates expertise in patient care through assessment, medication administration, and care plan development while collaborating effectively with interdisciplinary teams. Holds a valid RN license and relevant certifications to ensure compliance with state laws and standards of care.

• Patient Care Assessment
• Medication Administration
• Care Plan Development
• RN License
• CPR/BLS Certification

• Patient Care
• Medication Administration
• Care Planning
• Clinical Assessment
• Intervention and Evaluation

• Collaboration
• Critical Thinking
• Communication

• RN License
• CPR/BLS Certification
• ACLS
• PALS
• PEARS
• NRP

• Nursing Process
• Standards of Care
• Patient Safety
• Performance Improvement
• Interdisciplinary Team