Registered Nurse RN Surgery

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Performs plan of care intervention, including medication administration, specimen collection, clinical treatments, as well as other medical care treatment. Documents patient care given. Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate to care team, physician, patient, and family. Assists patients with performing activities of daily living, including personal hygiene, elimination, nutrition, and ambulation.

Collaborates as needed across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including patient transfer, discharge, referral and spiritual/psychosocial support needs.

• Evaluates learning needs of patient and/or family and provides patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances.
• Works as an advocate for the physical and emotional well-being of the patient.

• Utilizes initiative; strives to maintain steady level of productivity; self motivated; manages activity and time well.
• Actively participates in unit/hospital committees. Participates in performance improvement activities. Makes suggestions, gathers data and assists with analysis.
• Considers factors relating to safety, effectiveness, and cost in planning and delivering care.
• Effectively communicates and assists other nursing staff with delivery of nursing care; acts as a team leader/charge nurse as assigned. Problem solving reflects a calm demeanor with appropriate professional behavior.
• Orients new staff or students as required.
• Interacts with all levels of staff, physicians, patients and families in a respectful, professional manner. Participates in performance improvement activities. Makes suggestions, gathers data and assists with analysis.
• Demonstrates knowledge of Core Measures and consistently ensures measures are met and correctly documented for the perioperative patient. Educates the patient and family regarding pain management. Follows the five medication rights to reduce the potential for medication errors. Ability to adequately assess and reassess pain. Utilizes appropriate pain management techniques.
• Collaborates with the patient, significant others, and health care providers in providing patient care.
• Demonstrates knowledge of Malignant Hyperthermia including location of cart and treatment and care of the patient in crisis. Develops a prioritized holistic plan of care on a comprehensive assessment, desired outcomes and current knowledge.
• Assesses the patient's physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, cultural needs and discharge planning needs to determine appropriate actions. Assures that medical orders are entered correctly, communicated appropriately and carried out accurately and in a timely manner.
• Delivers nursing care according to the standards of care defined within the Hospital Policies and Procedures. Acquires and maintains current knowledge in nursing practice. Supports and promotes excellence in customer/guest relations. Supports the philosophy, objectives and goals of the Department(s) and assesses areas of personal and professional growth. Able to interpret data about the patient's status in order to identify each patient's age specific needs and provide care needed by the patient group.
• Demonstrates ability to perform timely and accurate patient assessments on assigned patients within established time frames. Consults other departments, as needed and as appropriate, to provide for an interdisciplinary approach to the patient's needs. Evaluates the patient's and family response to care and teaching and revises the plan of care as needed. Appropriately responds to the patient in an emergency or physically distressful situation and communicates with physicians and change in patient status in a timely manner.
• Follows hospital policy for safe medication administration in the operating room. Effectively communicates and assists other nursing staff with delivery of nursing care; acts as a team leader/charge nurse as assigned. Problem solving reflects a calm demeanor with appropriate professional behavior.

• Performs head-to-toe pre-procedure assessment on all patients and reassesses intra-procedure and post…