Registered Nurse, Operating Room First Shift

Position: Registered Nurse, Operating Room, Full-time, First Shift
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As the region's adult academic health system, we strive for innovation and provide world-class care for not only our community, but patients from all over the world. Join our team and you'll be able to develop your skills, grow your career, build relationships with your peers and patients, and help us be a source of hope for our friends and neighbors.

UC Health is an EEO employer.

The Registered Nurse (RN) is an individual who holds a current state license to practice nursing. The practice of nursing requires specialized knowledge, judgment, and skills to provide care to groups and individuals. The RN utilizes knowledge derived from the principles of biological, physical, behavioral, social and nursing sciences to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care. The care is culturally based and age specific.

* PATIENT POPULATION - (CLINICAL ONLY):

o Engages in population appropriate communication.

o Has knowledge of growth and development milestones and tasks.

o Gives clear instructions to patients/family regarding treatment.

o Involves family/guardian in the assessment, initial treatment and continuing care of the patient.

o Identifies any physical limitations of the patient and deploys intervention when necessary.

o Recognizes and responds appropriately to patients/families with behavioral health problems.

o Interprets population related data and plans care appropriately.

o Identifies and responds appropriately to different needs resulting from, unique psychological needs or those associated with religious / cultural norms. Performs treatments, administers medication or operates equipment safely.

o Recognizes and responds to signs/symptoms of abuse or neglect.

ASSESSMENT:

o Demonstrates nursing clinical skills necessary to make pertinent and accurate assessments of the physical, psychosocial, spiritual and educational needs of the patient.

o Demonstrates knowledge base of normal age-specific, physiological and psychosocial functions of the unit's population.

o Performs a basic physical assessment.

o Initiates upon admission, a nursing admission history and nursing assessment including an educational needs assessment.

o Initiates referrals upon admission and throughout care as based on patient assessment.

o Understands signs and symptoms and data related to the patient's presenting problems and potential problems.

o Reassesses and evaluates patient needs each shift and more frequently when indicated by unit standards of care or patient condition.

o Assesses patient and environmental safety continuously.

o Receives and gives a complete, concise and timely report on condition of assigned patients.

o Recognizes and appropriately reports basic abnormal data and subtle changes in patient conditions. Incorporates into plan of care as applicable.

o Collaborates with other health team members to collect and share pertinent data regarding patient's physiological and psychological condition.

o Participates in discharge planning.

PLANNING:

o Utilizes collected data to establish and prioritize a list of actual, and potential, individualized age-specific patient problems and/or needs.

o Prepares, implements, evaluates, revises and coordinates interdisciplinary plan of care for each assigned patient in a collaborative effort with the other health care team members and patient/family within the time frame indicated by unit's standards of practice.

o Communicates formulated plan of care, as appropriate, to all levels of associates involved in the patient's care.

o Demonstrates ability to establish priorities of care based on patients' assessment and needs.

IMPLEMENTATION:

o Implements plan of care and interventions to provide quality care based on assessed needs, established standards of care and according to policy and procedures.

o Implements nursing actions, either by direct care or delegation of responsibility, based upon patient's plan of care and skill level of personnel.

o Implements plan of nursing care in collaboration with the patient, family/designee, and other health care team members.

o Demonstrates critical thinking and accountability in evaluating and implementing of physician.

o Demonstrates competency for medication administration as allowed by licensure and institution policy

o Able to recognize emergent situations and implement emergency measures. Demonstrates professional manner during emergent situations.

o Based upon nursing assessment, makes appropriate referrals to other health care team members in a timely manner.

o Implements safety interventions to maintain patient/family/staff safety. Reports actual and potential patient safety issues.

o Demonstrates competency in infection control measures.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

o Assumes responsibility for personal professional development and contributes to the professional development of peers, colleagues and others.

o Participates in…