Registered Nurse Pain Management - PRN
About The Position
The Pain Medicine RN prepares patients, gathers supplies, and assists the physician during procedures. The role includes preoperative care and making pre- and post-operative calls. The RN also helps clean between procedures and restock bedside carts and cabinets. The nurse obtains and documents medical histories; assesses patient needs; provides or initiates instructions; prioritizes care; recognizes and reports health-threatening changes and abnormal diagnostic results; and administers therapies, medications, treatments, and procedures according to physician orders and organizational policies. The RN maintains an aseptic environment, completes preoperative, intraoperative, postoperative, and cancellation documentation, reviews procedure-specific instructions, and schedules or reschedules pain procedures and clinic appointments. Additional duties include supporting patient-physician-nurse communication, admitting and assessing patients for swallow function studies, responding to emergencies and post-injection complications, documenting actions during a code, maintaining a safe and clean environment, and protecting patient privacy and dignity. The position also involves anticipating physician needs, maintaining supplies and equipment, serving as a resource and preceptor, helping develop departmental goals, and cross-training in all perioperative areas. The role reports to the Pain/Radiology Clinical Services Director.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- Currently licensed as a registered nurse by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing.
- Current American Heart Association ACLS and BLS certifications.
Nice To Haves
- Two years of experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Prepare patients, gather supplies, and assist the physician during procedures.
- Provide preoperative care and make pre- and post-operative calls.
- Clean between procedures and restock bedside carts and cabinets.
- Obtain and document thorough medical histories and communicate pertinent information to the physician.
- Assess patient problems and needs, identify interventions, and initiate appropriate patient and family instructions.
- Prioritize care and recognize, respond to, and report health-threatening changes and abnormal diagnostic results.
- Establish and maintain an aseptic environment for each patient.
- Administer parenteral therapy, medications, treatments, and procedures according to applicable policies and physician orders; clarify questionable orders.
- Complete annual competency checklists.
- Maintain adequate supplies and equipment in working condition, and assist with cleaning supplies, procedure rooms, and the preoperative area.
- Facilitate communication among patients, physicians, nurses, the clinic, and the rehabilitation hospital.
- Complete documentation for preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative patients, as well as case cancellations.
- Review procedure- and physician-specific preoperative and postoperative instructions.
- Schedule and reschedule pain procedures and clinic appointments.
- Admit and assess patients for swallow function studies.
- Initiate and carry out appropriate emergency procedures; recognize post-injection complications and report them promptly.
- Document actions taken during a code and convey the information to the Clinical Services Director.
- Maintain a clean, safe, and quiet environment and protect patient privacy and dignity.
- Use sound nursing judgment and anticipate physician needs by ensuring timely availability of supplies and equipment.
- Discuss potential new products with the Director and serve as a resource for improving patient care practices.
- Precept new employees and assist with developing and implementing departmental goals.
- Maintain working knowledge of preoperative, Pain Medicine, and postoperative equipment and cross-train in all perioperative areas.
