Registered Nurse - OR PRN
About The Position
The Registered Nurse - OR PRN is responsible for the delivery of patient care through the framework of the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis and patient outcome) in the preoperative, interoperative and postoperative phase of the surgical patient. This role requires current Registered Nurse License and current American Heart Assn. BLS and ACLS certifications. The nurse must demonstrate current, comprehensive professional knowledge and skills in conformance with recognized nursing standards and department policies, including the Patient Bill of Rights and JCAHO regulations, Standards for Nursing Care and the Nurse Practice Act. Key responsibilities include assessing physiological and psychosocial health status, pain assessment, completing patient history, and verbally reporting pertinent information for continuity of care. The nurse must also legibly document information in the patient record, assess patient/family understanding, identify desired patient outcomes, establish nursing diagnoses and goals, and formulate and implement nursing care plans tailored to patient/family needs. The role involves assessing and problem-solving, responding to emergencies, practicing within legal and ethical guidelines, and performing nursing actions with accountability, flexibility, and safe judgment. Continuous adjustment of the care plan based on patient/family data is expected. Specific skills include demonstrating proper preoperative process, communication/report, surgical case counting, aseptic technique, efficient turnover time, obtaining blood products, patient identification verification, surgical site identification and marking, anticipating surgeon's needs, and participating in a Professional Nursing Organization.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
- Current Registered Nurse License
- Current American Heart Assn. BLS and ACLS certifications
Responsibilities
- The delivery of patient care through the framework of the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis and patient outcome) in the preoperative, interoperative and postoperative phase of the surgical patient.
- Assesses physiological and psychosocial health status of patient.
- Assesses pain per policy.
- Completes patient history.
- Verbally reports pertinent information to appropriate staff to provide continuity of care.
- Legibly documents information in patient record and signs record using appropriate professional title.
- Assesses level of understanding and expectations of care.
- Identifies desired patient outcomes.
- Establishes nursing diagnosis.
- Establishes patient/family goals that are mutually acceptable.
- Formulates Plan of Care for the patient.
- Implements nursing care plans tailored to patient/family needs.
- Demonstrates ability to assess and problem solve.
- Responds to emergencies.
- Practices within legal and ethical guidelines (Nurse Practice Act, legal statutes, ANA code for Nurses, PRMC Policy and Procedures.
- Performs nursing actions that demonstrate accountability (demonstrates flexibility, exercises safe judgment).
- Continually adjusts care plan based on patient/family data.
- Demonstrates proper preoperative process – communication/report.
- Demonstrates proper procedure and documentation for surgical case counting.
- Demonstrates proper aseptic technique.
- Demonstrates efficient turnover time.
- Demonstrates proper technique for obtaining blood products.
- Demonstrates proper patient identification verification per policy.
- Demonstrates proper surgical site identification and marking per policy.
- Anticipates surgeon’s needs during surgical procedure.
- Participates in a Profession Nursing Organization.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
