PACU RN

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Spire Orthopedic Partners is a growing national partnership of orthopedic practices that provides the support, capital and operational resources physicians need to grow thriving practices for the future. As a Management Services Organization (MSO), Spire provides the infrastructure for administrative operations that allows practices to operate at their highest level, so doctors can focus their efforts on what matters most – patient care.

Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, the Spire network spans the Northeast with more than 165 physicians, 1,800 employees, 285 other clinical providers and 40 locations in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

• Support the mission, vision, and values of the organization.
• Assess patient's postoperative status at intervals according to facility or health care organization policies and procedures to include the patient's cardiovascular system, respiratory system and airway management needs, neurological system, hemodynamic stability, pain and comfort needs, and mental status.
• Interpret information accurately from various non‑invasive and invasive monitors. Describe the underlying pathophysiology of commonly encountered disease processes. Describe the physiology associated with various anesthesia techniques and surgical or procedural interventions.
• Apply the relevant scoring system/discharge criteria for patient transfer score accurately as defined by organizational policy. (Aldrete Score)
• Develop an individualized perianesthesia plan of care.
• Implement the plan of care including the following interventions: managing patient recovery from anesthesia – general, monitored anesthesia care, regional, local – protecting patient from injury caused by positioning, thermal sources, and extraneous objects.
• Communicating the patient's status throughout the perianesthesia continuum of care; providing acute pain and comfort management as needed. Administering medications correctly by implementing the 7‑rights of safe medication practices (i.e., right patient, right medication, right dose, right time, right route, right indication, right documentation).
• Performing interventions to maintain the integrity of the patient's wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels; performing interventions to maintain the status of the patient's genitourinary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, endocrine, respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological systems, and fluid, electrolyte, and acid‑base balances at or above baseline levels.
• Performing interventions to ensure the patient is at or returned to normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate postoperative period.
• Performing interventions to protect patient from infection.
• Managing patient's other co‑morbid conditions as applicable.
• Managing patient's fluid as prescribed.
• Assessing knowledge level of patient or designated support person and providing education regarding the expected psychosocial response.
• Nutritional management, medication management, pain and comfort management, wound management, and expected responses to the operative or invasive procedure; involving patient or designated support person actively in decisions affecting his or her perioperative plan of care and the rehabilitation process.
• Protecting patient's rights, dignity, and privacy.
• Providing age‑specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards of practice and providing consistent and comparable care regardless of the setting.
• Evaluating the patient's progress toward attaining outcomes.
• Transferring care as needed.
• Delegating tasks according to the state Nurse Practice Act (if applicable), state board of nursing of professional registration requirements, state laws, and job descriptions.
• Documenting nursing care completely, accurately, and legibly.
• Collaborating effectively with other disciplines as needed.
• Participating in quality review and performance improvement projects.
• Participating in the performance appraisal process.
• Using critical thinking, problem‑solving and conflict resolution skills to foster effective work relationships with team…