Registered Nurse, Rn - Perioperative

Position: REGISTERED NURSE, RN - PERIOPERATIVE
Job Summary /Overall Objectives

The RN assesses, plans, implements and evaluates the care for a designated group of patients. The RN coordinates, directs and actively participates as an effective member of the interdisciplinary health care team, contributing to the efficient operation of the unit and promoting positive patient outcomes. This position floats between the short stay unit and recovery room. Requires participation in a call rotation to ensure ability to care for post-operative patients 24/7.

Essential Job Functions

* Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending education workshops, review professional publications, establish personal networks, and participate in professional societies.

* Assure quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards, making or recommending necessary adjustments, and following system/hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations.

* Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.

* Document patient care services by charting in patient and department records.

* Maintain continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs using Nurse Knowledge Exchange techniques.

* Maintain patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential.

* Identify patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients, and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.

* Establish a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.

* Promote patient's independence by establishing patient care goals, teaching patient/family to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills, and answering questions.

* Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel.

* Resolve patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.

* Maintain a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information, responding to requests, building rapport, and participating in team continuous quality improvement and problem-solving methods.

* Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

* Ensure operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements by following manufacturer's instructions, troubleshooting malfunctions, calling for repairs, maintaining equipment inventories, and evaluating new equipment and techniques.

* Maintain nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed supplies, placing and expediting orders for supplies, verifying receipt of supplies, and using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.

SHORT STAY Responsibilities

* Provides complete patient care by identifying age specific needs during the assessment, monitoring and education of patient's pre and post procedures.

* Provides the patient/family with information related to procedures (pre and post).

* Initiates the discharge process following physician approval/order for discharge. Reviews discharge instructions with patient and family member or significant other, distributes appropriate educational materials. Discharges patient with a responsible adult.

* Prepares, assesses and discharges patients presenting for blood transfusions, therapies and nursing service visits.

* Administers blood transfusions according to established policies.

* Initiates series visit following series visit guidelines.

* Documents accurately and completely on appropriate series records.

* Assists Allied Health Care Professionals MDs/DOs/Pas/CRNAs/CRNPs in the provision of care during procedures that take place on the unit, in accordance with licenses and certifications. These would include but are…