Clinical Resource Nurse, Operating Room

Overview

The Clinical Resource Nurse manages all aspects of the nursing process and the delivery of patient and family centered care. The Clinical Resource Nurse has the responsibility and authority to request and use governing and administrative resources, technological and support systems, and multidisciplinary clinical experts necessary to manage and deliver quality, cost effective patient care.

• Utilizes the standards of Patient Focused Model.
• Plans, implements, and evaluates care for all patients with consideration of age, developmental, socioeconomic, psychological, physical, spiritual, and cultural factors.
• Practice reflects knowledge of current nursing literature and resources, demonstrates ongoing learning in appropriate science, such as contemporary medical, pharmacologic, and pathophysiology to care for specific patient types.
• Maintains competency in nursing practice and clinical skills and makes an annual plan for professional development; completes mandatory educational requirements.
• Assesses, diagnoses, plans, implements, and evaluates care for assigned patients that is consistent with the medical plan and is responsive to the patient’s changing needs.
• Delegates appropriate nursing activities to unlicensed personnel based on the stability of the patient; the training and capability of the unlicensed person to whom the nursing task is delegated; the nature of the nursing task being delegated; and the proximity and availability of the nurse when performing the activity.
• Collects and analyzes patient information; collaborates with patient, family, physicians, and health care team members to expedite and coordinate the delivery of services and insure efficient use of resources.
• Collaborates with the physician regarding the patient’s clinical status, medical and nursing treatment plans, progression toward outcomes and next level of care.
• Maintains continuity of care, delivery process and family or significant other communication to achieve optimal outcomes.
• Assesses patient’s learning needs; develops a teaching plan; educates patients and family members in disease processes, testing, medications, signs or symptoms; communicates understanding or progress to outcomes with other team members.
• Assures timely initiation, completion, communication, and documentation of nursing care: tests, treatment, teaching and discharge planning activities.
• Consults the Clinical Nurse Specialist and Health Care Coordinator for complex patient care management and discharge planning.
• Identifies barriers to implementing the plan of care or to achieving expected outcomes; consults appropriate resources to report and/or resolve problems.
• Seeks out innovative opportunities to improve patient care.
• Exhibits fiscal accountability through cost effective use of time, material, and other resources.
• Implements advanced clinical skills to achieve identified patient outcomes.
• Assists staff nurses to coordinate all resources to facilitate the Hospital admission process and a successful discharge.
• Acts as a resource/consultant for registered nurses and other team members.
• Develops and revises instructional materials for patient family teaching and/or staff development.

• Assumes responsibility for direction, supervision, and development of assigned personnel.
• Participates in hiring process and evaluates assigned personnel, or as requested.
• Maintains smooth functioning of a department through effective priority setting, decision making, problem solving and organization of resources.
• Identifies problems with systems or processes; recommends or participates in designing strategies that will improve the quality and utilization of Medical Center resources.
• Conducts and participates in multidisciplinary team conferences and educational offerings.
• Demonstrates and applies assertiveness skills and techniques.
• Participates in orientation of new employees and serves as a preceptor and mentor for team members.
• Participates in and assists in the identification of performance improvement activities.
• Assures practice meets external regulatory agencies’ requirements; assists in identifying areas for improvement and develops…