Clinical Nurse; RN - Byers Eye Surgery Center - Operating Room Circulating RN Ho

1.0 FTE Full time Rotating - 08 Hour R2653910 Onsite  OP Surg Svcs OR Byers Nursing PALO ALTO, 2452 Watson Ct, California

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Rotating - 08 Hour (United States of America)

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

The Clinical Nurse (CN) is an RN who provides hands‑on care to patients, practicing in an evidence‑based manner, within the Scope of Practice of the California Nursing Practice Act, regulatory requirements, standards of care, and hospital policies. The CN performs all steps of the nursing process, including assessing patients; interpreting data; planning, implementing, and evaluating care; coordinating care with other providers;

and teaching the patient and family the knowledge and skills needed to manage their care and prevent complications. The CN partners with the patient’s family wherever possible, considering all aspects of care, to deliver family‑centered care, and monitors the quality of nursing care provided.

The Clinical Nurse is responsible for his/her own professional development, including licensure, Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, and maintaining current knowledge regarding the assigned patient population.

As a member of the nursing profession, the Clinical Nurse contributes to the profession through teaching others and sharing expertise in unit or hospital settings.

Stanford Health Care

• Establish Therapeutic Relationships: Creates and maintains a climate conducive to healing through being present to the patient and family, identifying and managing discomforts; providing emotional support and information; guiding the patient and family through phases of illness and recovery, even in passing to death, in accordance with the patient’s goals and culture.
• Mobilize Patient Strengths: Mobilizes the patient’s strengths and abilities toward participation in recovery and control over the plan of care.
• Diagnostic and Monitoring Functions: Obtains accurate and relevant assessment data, interprets the data as normal vs abnormal, determines nursing diagnosis, and monitors and evaluates data as frequently as needed based on stability.
• Plan and Implement Therapeutic Interventions: Collaborates with the patient, family, and health‑care team to develop an individualized plan of care. Implements nursing and medical interventions safely, evaluates effectiveness, and monitors the patient for adverse responses and side effects.
• Teaching and
  
  Coaching:
  
  Assesses a patient’s and family’s learning needs and readiness to learn, teaches required self‑care information, adjusts expectations based on responses, and teaches other staff members both incidentally and through formal roles such as preceptor or super‑user.
• Manage Rapidly Changing Situations: Rapidly grasps problem situations, responds quickly and appropriately, identifies the need for and activates emergency protocols.
• Ensure Quality Healthcare Practices: Monitors own practices, assists in monitoring others for patient and employee safety, compliance with standards and policies, and seeks opportunities for continual improvement in patient care and the work environment.
• Organize and Prioritize Work: Integrates multiple requests and work expectations by setting priorities, delegating tasks appropriately, and seeking assistance as needed.
• Team Building and Morale: Contributes to team building through participation in unit programs and meetings; contributes to positive morale using constructive and effective conflict resolution skills.
• Utilize Technology: Learns and uses available technology for communication, documentation, and locating information regarding unusual clinical situations, diagnoses, and treatments.
• Professional Development: Attains knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice and demonstrates commitment to lifelong learning.
• Communication: Communicates effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice.
• Leadership: Demonstrates leadership in the professional practice setting and the…