Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II, Part Time - Glenwood Surgical Center

Registered Nurse Pre Op PACU II, Part Time - Glenwood Surgical Center Base pay range

$48.00/hr - $53.00/hr

At SCA Health, we believe health care is about people—the patients we serve, the physicians we support and the teammates who push us forward. Behind every successful facility, procedure or innovation is a team of 15,000+ professionals working together, learning from each other and living out the mission, vision and values that define our organization. As part of Optum, SCA Health is redefining specialty care by developing more accessible, patient‑centered practice solutions for a network of more than 370 ambulatory surgical centers, over 400 specialty physician practice clinics and numerous labs and surgical hospitals.

Our work spans a broad spectrum of services, all designed to support physicians, health systems and employers in delivering efficient, value‑based care to patients without compromising quality or autonomy.

• Promote the mission, vision, and values of SCA.
• Assess patient’s preoperative and 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 noninvasive 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 (e.g., Aldrete Score, Modified Aldrete Score, Post Anesthesia Discharge Scoring System, White score) accurately as defined by organizational policy.
• Develop an individualized perianesthesia plan of care.
• Implement the plan of care including the following interventions:
  • Preparing for and managing patient recovery from anesthesia – general.
  • Preparing for and managing patient recovery from anesthesia – monitored anesthesia care.
  • Preparing for and managing patient recovery from anesthesia – regional.
  • Preparing for and managing patient recovery from anesthesia – local.
  • Preparing for and protecting patient from injury caused by positioning, thermal sources, and extraneous objects.
  • Communicating the patient’s current status throughout the perianesthesia continuum of care.
  • Providing acute pain and comfort management as needed.
  • Administering medications safely and correctly by using the 8‑rights of safe medication administration.
  • 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.
  • Providing consistent and comparable care of the setting.
• Evaluate the patient’s progress toward attaining outcomes.
• Transfer care as needed.
• Provide a hand‑off report to other teammates that is accurate, concise and pertinent to the patient’s condition and response to care.
• Delegate tasks according to the…