PreOp PACU Registered Nurse

Description

Mission

Our mission is to provide exceptional, efficient, and cost effective orthopaedic surgical services to every patient and family we have the privilege to serve.

Job Summary Delivers patient care utilizing the nursing process through data collection and assessment, identifies and determines the priority of patient's problems/needs, and evaluates the process and outcome of nursing care. Provides nursing care to meet patient needs related to surgical condition and type of anesthesia administered, monitoring patient and informing surgeon or anesthesiologist of observed complications.

Duties and responsibilities

1. Philosophy

a) Supports the facility’s ideology, mission, goals, and objectives

b) Performs in accordance with the facility’s policies and procedures

c) Follows the facility’s standards for ethical business conduct

d) Conducts self in a professional manner, and as a positive role model and team member

e) Recognizes patients’ rights and responsibilities and supports them in performance of job duties

f) Respects patient rights to privacy, dignity, and confidentiality

g) Participates in facility committees, meetings, in-services, inventory and activities

h) Maintains professional relationships with management and medical staff

2. Communication

a) Communicates effectively and professionally with patients, visitors, physicians, and coworkers

b) Interacts with others in a positive, respectful, and considerate manner

3. Financial practices

a) Uses facility resources appropriately and avoids wasteful practices

b) Reports wasteful practices

c) Analyzes work area and makes recommendations for potential cost-effective improvements

4. Compliance program

a) Contributes to the progress and development of the organization’s adopted compliance program

b) Performs according to established compliance policies and procedures 

5. Performance-improvement program

a) Contributes to the progress and development of the organization's adopted performance-improvement program

b) Performs according to established performance-improvement policies and procedures

c) Objectively evaluates suggestions, grievances, and processes to identify opportunities to improve performance and quality of care

d) Participates in data collection activities to support the performance-improvement program

6. Safety/Risk-management program

a) Adheres to safety policies and procedures in performing job duties and responsibilities

b) Reports observed or suspected safety violations, hazards, and policy/procedure noncompliance to safety officer or other designated person

7. Professional competence

a) Participates in continuing education and other learning experiences

b) Shares knowledge gained in continuing education with staff

c) Maintains membership in relevant professional organizations

d) Seeks new learning experiences by accepting challenging opportunities and responsibilities

e) Welcomes suggestions and recommendations

8. Duties

a) Performs plan of care intervention, including medication administration, specimen collection, clinical treatments, as well as other medical care treatment.

b) Documents patient care given. Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate to care team, physician, patient, and family.

c) Assists patients with performing activities of daily living, including personal hygiene, elimination, nutrition, and ambulation.

d) Collaborates as needed across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including patient transfer, discharge, referral and spiritual/psychosocial support needs.

e) Evaluates learning needs of patient and/or family and provides patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances throughout the perioperative process.

f) Works as an advocate for the physical and emotional well-being of the patient.

g) Assesses and cares for the surgical patient throughout the perioperative process by performing preadmission testing, preparing the patient day of surgery and providing care for Phase I, Phase II and Extended Level of Care after surgery.

h) Uses equipment effectively by anticipating patient needs and providing appropriate care

i) Confirms that proper techniques and procedures are used according to accepted standards of practice

j) Assists in managing inventory of supplies, drugs, and equipment to m