RN OR - $1500 Sign-On Bonus

Surgery Partners, Inc•Upper Merion Township, PA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse - OR 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 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. The nurse will assess physiological and psychosocial health status, pain, complete patient history, and verbally report pertinent information to appropriate staff for continuity of care. Documentation in the patient record must be legible and signed with the appropriate professional title. The role involves assessing patient/family understanding and expectations, identifying desired patient outcomes, establishing nursing diagnoses and mutually acceptable patient/family goals, and formulating and implementing nursing care plans tailored to patient/family needs. The nurse must demonstrate the ability to assess and problem-solve, respond to emergencies, and practice within legal and ethical guidelines. Accountability is demonstrated through flexible practice and safe judgment, with continuous adjustment of the care plan based on patient/family data. Specific skills include proper preoperative process communication/report, surgical case counting and documentation, aseptic technique, efficient turnover time, obtaining blood products, patient identification verification, and surgical site identification and marking. The nurse will also anticipate surgeon’s needs during surgical procedures and participate in a Professional Nursing Organization.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
Current Registered Nurse License
Current American Heart Assn. BLS

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.