Surgery RN PACU - Full TimePOSITION SUMMARY:Manages individualized, goal directed nursing care through use of the nursing process and the principles of primary nursing in accordance with departmental and hospital policies and procedures.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum Education- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing
License Required- Current NV Nursing license
Certification Required- BLS
- ACLS
- PALS (may obtain within 90 days of hire)
Minimum Work Experience- Demonstrated proficiency in acute care nursing, knowledge, and skills
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Must show initiative, maturity, and effectiveness in dealing with people
- Appreciation of and desire to be part of a healthcare team
POSITION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Patient Care- Assesses and diagnoses patient and family needs in order to provide quality care to assigned patients.
- Verification of patient Identity, operative procedure, operative site, surgeon, consents, patient's allergies, NPO Status and when the patient last voided.
- Assesses psychological status, including level of understanding, perception of surgery and anxiety level.
- Obtains pre-operative medical history and documents clearly in the patient record in accordance with department's policy and procedures.
- Checks the current history and physical, laboratory results, the execution of preoperative orders, and results of ordered diagnostic tests.
- Reviews completed chart with the Anesthesiologist on duty as necessary.
Communication- Develops, discusses, and communicates a realistic plan of care in collaboration with each patient/family/significant other, to address all identified needs.
- Develops patient/family teaching and discharge plan, ensuring patient/family is adequately informed of perioperative instructions.
- Follows procedures/preferences for pre-operative anesthesia interventions
- Communicates with and keeps family informed.
Judgment- Demonstrates the skills and judgment necessary to implement medical plan Of care, nursing interventions and procedures as necessary for the care of the patient.
- Demonstrates knowledge of hospital policies and procedures for administering, transcribing, and recording medications.
- Demonstrates knowledge of commonly used meds: action, dose, and side effects.
- Observes 10 rights of medication administration: right med, right dose, right time, right route, right patient, right education, right documentation, right to refuse, right assessment, right evaluation.(policy 105.724).
- Demonstrates proper procedures in all methods of medication administration.
- Initiates and maintains IV access according to hospital policy and procedures.
- Identifies priorities and executes nursing care accordingly.
- Provides emotional support and comfort measures.
- Gives information or explanation to patients and their families.
- Applies and monitors principles of aseptic technique throughout the perioperative period.
- Assures safe transfer/transport of patient to and from operating room.
Documentation- Maintains up to date accurate documentation of nursing care provided to assure the integration of information for use by the health care team, to ensure quality care.
- Nursing assessment is complete and accurate during pre-operative and post-operative phase of admission per policy.
- Medication administration record must reflect full signature and title of nurse administering med, tin1e given, reason for omission, and site for injection (if applicable).
- Demonstrates proper access and documentation of narcotics in pyxis and EMR.
- Accurately and promptly documents unusual occurrences noted during the perioperative phase
BENEFITS: If you are scheduled to work part-time at least 24 hours per week and full-time at least 30 hours per week, you are eligible for benefits on the first day of the month following 30 days of employment.
- NO STATE INCOME TAX
- Hometown Health Medical, EyeMed Vision, Guardian Dental and Flexible Spending Account.
- Vanguard 401(k) with match.
- Employer paid Care Flight Membership for your household (full-time employees) (A Division of REMSA).
- Employer Paid Basic Life and AD&D insurance.
- Unum Supplemental Insurance (Critical Illness, Accident, Short Term & Long Term Disability).
- Earned Time Off, Sick Leave and Paid Holidays.
- Nevada 529 College Fund.
- Unum Employee Assistance Program.
- Employer paid Credit monitoring and Identity Theft Program through CyberScout.
- Tuition Reimbursement, Clinical Ladder* & HRSA Loan Repayment Program* (*for qualifying positions).
- Priority Childcare Enrollment with the Boys and Girls Club of Western NV for ages 9 months+.
- Paid Volunteer Hours for staff to help in the community.
- and More...
Mon thru Fri; 0600 to 1800
