Staff Nurse Level 2 - PACU

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• The Registered Nurse (RN) operates as a key member of the health care team using the nursing process, clinical skills and leadership to direct, provide and evaluate age/population specific patient care according to the department’s scope of service. Analyze patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records.

• Monitor, record, and report symptoms and changes in patients’ condition.
• Collect patient data; order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to assist in determining the plan of care.
• Identify expected outcomes and implement/modifying interventions identified in the patient plan of care.
• Evaluate the patient’s progress toward outcomes and modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patient response and condition.
• Prepare patients for, and assist with, examinations and treatments.
• Accurately prepare and administer medications according to policies and procedures.
• Document the nursing process in nursing assessment, nursing care plan (NCP), and nursing notes as outlined in policy and procedure. Diagnosis is valid for patient; interventions are appropriate and outcomes are evaluated. Changes in the plan of care are made as the patient progresses.
• Systematically evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
• Identify practices to improve job or department performance and monitor job and department activities.
• Participate in department CQI, including:
  • Using results to initiate changes in practice and system.
  • Acquiring and maintaining current knowledge in nursing practice.
  • Participating in ongoing educational activities, seeking experiences to maintain skills, and consistently seeking educational tools to broaden knowledge base of various age groups, diseases, and best practices.
  • Completing mandatory training each year, plus additional 16 minimal hours for staff development and remaining up‑to‑date on new equipment, policies, and procedures.
• Contribute to the professional development of peers, colleagues, and others by:
  • Sharing knowledge with colleagues; providing constructive feedback.
  • Directing and supervising less skilled nursing or health care personnel; possibly serving as a charge nurse or preceptor after attending the preceptor workshop.
  • Adhering to unit-specific standards of patient interaction and customer service.
  • Holding staff members accountable for results, ensuring adequate adherence to policies and procedures, and informing and training new team members of procedures and policies.
• Make decisions and take actions on behalf of patients in an ethical manner.
• Maintain confidentiality, act as a patient advocate, and deliver care in a non‑judgmental and non‑discriminatory manner that is sensitive to patient diversity.
• Collaborate with patient, significant others, and health care providers in providing care, including:
  • Consulting and coordinating with health care team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care plans.
  • Making referrals for continuity of care.
  • Educating patients, families and other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, and health improvement programs.
  • Involving multidisciplinary teams as needed and documenting this involvement.
  • Informing patients and family members of actions being taken, status of activities, estimated time involved, and reason for changes or delays.
• Use research findings in practice by:
  • Using interventions substantiated by research.
  • Participating in research as appropriate to the nurse’s position.
  • Participating in improvement/redesign processes and implementing findings from departmental and performance improvement activities into daily tasks.
• Consider factors related to safety, effectiveness, and cost in planning and delivering patient care by:
  • Evaluating factors related to safety, effectiveness, and cost when two or more practice options would result in the same outcomes.
  • Assisting patients in identifying and…