Registered Nurse (CEI OR)

Department Overview

This is a part-time (0.50 FTE) operating room clinical registered nurse (RN) position at the Casey Eye Institute. 

 

The OHSU Clinical RN provides compassionate, evidence-based, and efficient care to individuals, families, communities and patient populations.   The Clinical RNs care delivery is consistent with the Oregon Nurse Practice Act, the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, and the ANA Code of Ethics.  The Clinical RN demonstrates the professional role obligations of scientist, leader, practitioner, and knowledge transferor [O'Rourke Model of the Professional Role].  Professional accountability enriches the Clinical RNs engagement as a leader in promoting an inter-professional culture of collaborative decision-making, innovation, life-long learning, and teamwork.  The Clinical Nurse exemplifies the principles of a Culture of Safety by committing to a Just Culture, a Reporting Culture, Learning Culture, and an Engaged Informed Culture.  

 

OHSU Mission

Oregon Health & Science University is dedicated to improving the health and quality of life for all Oregonians through excellence, innovation and leadership in health care, education and research.  

 

OHSU Nursing Vision

As professional nurses, we partner with our community and each other to provide innovative, compassionate and excellent patient-centered care.  

 

Nursing Core Values

Nursing embraces core values that serve as a foundation for the delivery of quality patient care: Commitment to patient- and family-centered care; Accountability to support each other in providing excellent care and outcomes; Realizing professional practice as an engaged and thriving staff; Excellence in nursing practice through our commitment to performance improvement, evidence-based practice, and research.  

 

Nursing's Independent Scope of Practice: 

ANA Social Policy Statement, 3rd edition Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.

Function/Duties of Position

Scientist

• Evaluates knowledge of self and others:
• Evaluates own knowledge and nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and evidence-based knowledge in consultation with peers and colleagues.
• Evaluates knowledge and nursing practice of peers in relation to professional practice standards and evidence-based knowledge and provides feedback that enhances their growth and development.
• Identifies complexities within OHSU systems and participates in resolving barriers to effective, efficient, and fiscally responsible care delivery.
• Evaluates patient outcomes against nurse-sensitive indicators and participates in raising the standard of nursing practice when results are below benchmark.  

Leader

• Uses an evidence-based decision making process to determine the patient’s priority goals and care activities
• Gathers pertinent information from patient and others to establish relevant data base about the patient and the patient’s condition.
• Determines changes in the patient’s condition and stability based on clinical parameters, population data, and nursing knowledge and evidence.
• Uses a population and evidence based approach to determine the patient’s individualized priority goals and care activities in relation to: Nursing’s independent scope of practice (safety, comfort, hygiene, restorative measures, and health promotion); and in relation to the interdisciplinary plan of care
• Evaluates the effectiveness of the plan of care by evaluating the patient’s response, outcomes, and changes in stability and makes recommendations for modifications to the plan of care.
• Speaks up immediately about concerns regarding assigned responsibilities and available resource.

Practitioner

• Develops a therapeutic relationship with patients and families.
• Implements direct and indirect nursing care consistent with evidence-based practices, hospital policies and procedures, scope and standards of practice, and Nursing’s Code of Ethics.
• Delegates and supervises tasks consistent with other caregivers’ scope of practice, adhering to standards, regulations, and role expectations including self-care and collaborative teamwork.

Knowledge Transfer

• Collaborates with the patient/family in developing a teaching plan to meet learning needs.  Effectively transfers