PRN PREOP PACU REGISTERED NURSE

PRN PREOP/PACU REGISTERED NURSE Take your nursing career up another level! In our state of the art facilities, you are able to work directly with our surgeons using your education and talents to take care of athletes of all ages and skill level. Our team is fast paced and efficient with the focus on patients and their care. In this role, you will prep patients for surgery as well as monitor and care for them immediately after the procedure. Location is based out of our Chardon locationPosition Purpose

The Registered Nurse is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and coordinating patient care from admission to discharge. The Registered Nurse is responsible for the achievement of patient outcomes in accordance with the mission of the facility. Prepare patients for surgical procedures, monitors and cares for patients post-operatively and prepares patients for discharge. Responsible for conducting business and patient care activities consistent with the hospital's policy for Patient's Rights and Responsibilities without discriminating against the individual because of sex, age, race, or religion or any other potentially discriminating factor. Responsible for the discrete and confidential handling of all patient information whether written or spoken, and to be ever vigilant and sensitive to where and how any patient information is shared.

Interpersonal Relationships

As a representative of our surgery center, all comments, attitudes, actions, and behaviors have a direct affect on the facility's image and perceptions of quality service. Interaction with patients, family members, physicians, referral sources, affiliating schools, visitors, etc. must be in a manner that is friendly, supportive, courteous, respectful, cooperative, and professional. This behavior should promote an atmosphere of teamwork congruent with facility standards and guidelines to promote positive relations, and set an example for the staff.

Position Requirements

Licenses or Certifications: Current licensure to practice in the State of Ohio. Successful completion of Basic Cardiac Life Support Course; ACLS preferred and PALS preferred.

Education, Vocational Training and Experience

Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing. Current ACLS preferred and PALS certificate preferred.

Experience

Minimum of 2 years experience in PACU, ICU OR ER nursing preferred.

Skills and Abilities

1. Knowledge and experience in PACU nursing or critical care.
2. Effective communication skills.
3. Effective positive interpersonal and customer relations skills via telephone and face-to-face interaction.
4. Displays positive attitude towards other employees.
5. Knowledge and experience in hospital, operating room, or hospital nursing care.
6. Ability to set priorities.
7. Ability to provide direction to others that is clear, concise and promotes efficiency on the unit.
8. Ability to communicate well with patients, families, co-workers, etc.
9. Ability to correlate clinical data with patient's medical and nursing care.

• Assesses patient status on admission and on an ongoing basis.
• Implements appropriate standards of care based on assessment data and patient's own goals. Goals are mutually set with the patient and family
• Coordinates nursing interventions to enhance achievement of expected outcomes and to ensure readiness for discharge.
• Ensures provision of patient care daily in an organized and timely manner.
  1. Adheres to all facility policies and procedures when providing patient care.
  2. Utilizes nursing care standards when planning and implementing patient care.
  3. Demonstrates ability to direct and provide for patient care in emergency situation.
• Assess learning needs according to patient's level of understanding and readiness to learn.

• Analyzes nursing care provided in the facility related to the established standards of care.
• Participates in the monitoring and evaluation of nursing care provided.
• Demonstrates ability to coordinate the nursing care provided in the facility.
  1. Assigns patient care responsibilities based on patient needs and abilities of available staff.
  2. Assumes charge nurse responsibility as assigned.
  3. Demonstrates ability to make decisions concerning facility based problems.
• Participates on quality council to facilitate improvement of nursing care and achievement of the mission of the facility, as requested.
• Participates in the orientation of nursing staff.
• Participates in developing standardized patient education programs, as requested.

• Displays an understanding of each patient's cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological maturity in the assessments, treatment, and care undertaken.
• Appropriately modifies approach to the patient based upon patient age utilizing a developmental perspective.
• Provides appropriate interventions related to safety issues.

1. Participates in patient care activities and adheres to requirements of RN job description when providing patient care as evidenced by:
   1. Admission assessment upon patients arrival
   2. Documents response to nursing action
   3. Treats patients and family with courtesy, respect and professionalism
   4. Provides pre & post operative instructions, verbal and written to the patients understanding
   5. Stocks unit and carries out unit routine, check crash cart and counts narcotics
   6. Follow up phone calls and cards are sent to patients. Documents per unit policy . Follows surgery schedule and anticipates patient arrival
   7. Responsible for patient's admission and preop care, holistic preparation for surgery considering all needs utilizing preference cards.
   8. Documents all unusual occurrences and post-operative complications for QI follow up.
   9. Frequent ongoing assessment of patients condition.
   10. Prompt administration of pain and anesthesia nausea medications when indicated.

1. Works enthusiastically as a member of a team evidenced by:
   1. Maintains active professional relationships with doctors and patients by assessing needs and levels of satisfaction with hospital services.
   2. Make every effort to appease dissatisfied medical staff and/or patients.
   3. Explains hospital policy and routine to patients so misunderstandings do not occur.

1. Demonstrates the ability.