Registered Nurse Inpatient Operating Room

Overview

SUMMARY:

Under general supervision of Clinical Manager (or designee), renders professional nursing care according to established procedures for assigned area of Operating Room. Performs duties of scrub nurse or circulating nurse during surgical procedures. Provides intensive nursing care to post-operative patients when assigned to post anesthesia area. Brown University Health employees are expected to model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide actions with patients, customers and one another.

In addition, employees demonstrate the core Success Factors which describe how we work together and how we get things done:
Instill Trust and Value Differences;
Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate.

• Renders professional nursing care to peri-operative patients including review of patients' charts, administration of medications, starting IVs and hanging blood, electrocardiography, venipuncture, catheterization, defibrillation, and other complex or routine treatments as prescribed by physician or as required by patient's condition.
• Initiates or participates in life-saving procedures including administering cardio-pulmonary resuscitation as necessary.
• Participates in planning and implementation of nursing care plan for assigned patients.
• Utilizes professional judgement to evaluate appropriateness of planned or prescribed treatment given patient's current condition; modifies treatment or contacts physician as circumstances require.
• Reviews patient chart ensuring pertinent information is readily available such as lab reports and operative permits, and assures all pre-operative medications and orders have been carried out. Verifies patient's identity prior to surgical procedure.
• Performs nursing duties according to procedures of area assigned.
• Assists during surgical procedures by preparing and/or directing others in preparation of instruments, equipment and supplies; scrubbing or circulating on cases; anticipating needs of surgeon; maintaining sterile techniques; applying dressings; administering medication; and providing for total nursing care of patients in the Operating Room.
• As assigned to post-anesthesia recovery area, admits post-operative patient, checks for stability of vital signs and notifies anesthesiologist or surgeon as indicated. Continuously observes patient; monitors vital signs; ventilates and suctions patients; inserts catheters; administers oxygen and related care, according to physician's instructions and/or clinical assessment. Determines when patient’s condition is stable and releases to designated hospital area.
• Maintains records and charts, reporting pertinent information regarding patient's condition, medications given, treatments administered, and related data.
• Assists in directing, orienting, training and providing functional guidance to surgical technicians and new nursing personnel as requested.
• Maintains and enhances professional expertise through participation in appropriate educational activities.

• Licensure as Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island by the Rhode Island Board of Nursing or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.
• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing. Current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island.
• BASIC KNOWLEDGE:
  Professional knowledge of clinical nursing to provide care to pre-operative patients under stressful conditions, sterile techniques, surgical procedures and precautions; ability to react to life-threatening situations. Interpersonal skills to communicate with patients, physicians and hospital personnel. Visual and aural acuity to monitor patient progress. Knowledge and skills to care for patients throughout the life span with consideration of aging, development, and cultural patterns.
• EXPERIENCE:
  
  Requires up to one year of related and on-the-job experience to effectively assess and respond to changes in patient condition and function as a member of the surgical team.

• Works in Operating Room and post-anesthesia recovery area with frequent exposure to anesthetic gases. Some risk of injury from puncture by surgical instruments, exposure to infectious wounds; burns from autoclaves and electrical equipment; hazards minimized through adherence to precautionary procedures.
• Physical ability for extensive walking and standing; lifting, positioning, and pushing patients on stretchers.

None.

Pay Range: $35.56-$59.99

Location: Rhode Island Hospital - 593 Eddy Street Providence, Rhode Island 02903

Work Type: 7am-5:30pm; weekends and holidays as needed;
Call requirement

Work Shift: Day

Driving

Required:

No

Union: United Nurses And Allied Professional

Equal Opportunity: Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and…