OAK Pre-Op/PACU RN - Per Diem

The Surgery Center of Oakland is an ambulatory surgery center that specializes in orthopedics and pain management and is dedicated to excellent outpatient care. While applications need to be submitted through this ad, you can learn more about the facility here: https://www.oaklandasc.com/

Pre-Op/PACU RN

Position Summary:
Provides nursing care to surgical patients during the preoperative and postoperative phases.  Involves assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of surgical patients. Provides safe, knowledgeable, compassionate, educative, individualized and goal-directed nursing care to patients and their families in the immediate post-anesthetic period.  The application of physiologic and psychosocial knowledge and skills promotes, restores, and maintains the patient's physiological processes in a safe, comfortable, and effective environment, while facilitating the patient's adaptation to their surgical experiences. The Nurse supports the center’s policies and procedures as well as its nursing philosophy.

Responsibilities:
Pre-Op/PACU RN duties will consist of, but are not limited to:

• Assessment
  • Assesses the physical status of the patient through personal observation and interaction.
  • Assesses the individual psychosocial and spiritual needs of the patient and significant other.
  • Demonstrates understanding and interpretation of diagnostic measures such as labs, chest x-ray and EKG.
  • Obtains an overview of the patient's status by reviewing the patient's chart.        
  • Consults with the peri-operative nurse who interviewed the patient pre-operatively.
• Planning
  • Plans for a safe, efficient, effective, and clean environment for preoperative and post-operative care.
  • Identifies problems and plans action to resolve problems.
  • Identifies goals for the individual patient and communicates these goals to others involved in the patient's care.
  • Assures that patient has appropriate discharge instructions; is accompanied by a responsible adult upon discharge; has the telephone number of the physician to call in the event of need during the first 24 hours post-surgery.
• Implementation
  • Takes action to implement nursing care and resolve the problems identified for the individual patient.
  • Utilizes supplies, equipment, and resources to contain cost without compromising delivery of care.
  • Reduces chances of nosocomial infection by directing attention to infection control and environmental safety practices.
  • Reports and documents information accurately and in a timely manner.
  • Utilizes professional nursing judgment in the delivery of care.
  • Uses safe methods of handling equipment.
• Evaluation
  • Evaluates action taken to implement nursing care plan and resolve problems accordingly.
  • Modifies intervention to achieve goals if previous intervention was not effective.
  • Evaluates own nursing practice and seeks ways of growing professionally.
• Interpersonal Relationships
  • Recognizes and utilizes appropriate lines o