Clinical Nurse I: Recovery Room/PACU
About The Position
The Clinical Nurse I – Perioperative role provides direct patient care in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act for assigned patients in a Perioperative unit. The nurse collaborates with other disciplines of the health care team to ensure the delivery of safe, timely, and appropriate quality patient care. This includes providing physical assessments, nursing interventions, pain management, medication administrations, specimen collection, meeting nutritional needs, and teaching and discharge needs of the patients assigned. Utilizes the nursing process based on evidence-based best practices to meet patient care needs. Evaluates and adjusts the nursing care process as necessary with consultation as needed, and confers with the appropriate resource personnel when making ethical/legal/medical dilemma decisions. Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Direct patient care in a Perioperative unit.
- Physical assessments.
- Nursing interventions.
- Pain management.
- Medication administrations.
- Specimen collection.
- Meeting nutritional needs.
- Teaching and discharge needs of patients.
- Utilizing the nursing process based on evidence-based best practices.
- Evaluating and adjusting the nursing care process.
- Consultation as needed.
- Conferring with appropriate resource personnel for ethical/legal/medical dilemma decisions.
Responsibilities
- Provides direct patient care in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act for assigned patients in a Perioperative unit.
- Collaborates with other disciplines of the health care team to ensure the delivery of safe, timely, and appropriate quality patient care.
- Provides physical assessments, nursing interventions, pain management, medication administrations, specimen collection, meeting nutritional needs, and teaching and discharge needs of the patients assigned.
- Utilizes the nursing process based on evidence-based best practices to meet patient care needs.
- Evaluates and adjusts the nursing care process as necessary with consultation as needed.
- Confers with the appropriate resource personnel when making ethical/legal/medical dilemma decisions.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
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