Registered Nurse Pre-Post Op PRN

Hughston•Valdosta, GA

23h

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates care for assigned patients during a shift. The RN meets nursing practice standards, manages assigned personnel, supplies, and equipment, and collaborates with members of the health care team. The role requires personal and professional responsibility, teamwork, coordination, and commitment to professional development. The RN conducts patient interviews and physical assessments, interprets clinical information, develops and revises age-specific plans of care, and coordinates care with other health professionals. The RN implements and evaluates safe, effective care, adapts care plans to changes in patient condition, and uses and troubleshoots unit equipment. Patient-safety duties include surgical-site verification, consent and equipment checks, positioning, counts, sterility monitoring, and appropriate shielding during X-ray use. The RN documents assessments, care plans, medications, and patient responses; applies knowledge of disease processes, medications, and treatments; maintains required training and certifications; and contributes to leadership, mentoring, quality improvement, reporting, and efficient unit workflow. The position is PRN and is scheduled Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

Requirements

At least one year of Pre- and Post-Op nursing experience.
Basic education required for state RN licensure.
Georgia RN license or multistate RN license in good standing.
Current BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
Maintain safety training and TB testing, and complete annual or critical competencies required for the assigned department.

Nice To Haves

Experience in an orthopedic setting.

Responsibilities

Assess patients through interviews and systematic physical examinations, interpreting medical history, clinical status, vital signs, laboratory results, imaging, and other diagnostic information.
Identify when other health care professionals are needed to support patient care.
Develop and revise age-specific written plans of care, establish priorities and outcomes, and participate in or initiate patient care conferences when applicable.
Organize and implement safe, therapeutic, and efficient care; prioritize assignments; monitor changes in clinical status; and adapt care plans accordingly.
Review pertinent patient findings with anesthesia and/or the surgeon as appropriate.
Know the location, operation, and care of equipment and implants used on the unit, and troubleshoot minor equipment issues.
Evaluate patient progress against expected outcomes and revise the care plan or outcomes as needed.
Follow surgical-site verification and time-out policies; review procedures and verify surgical consent and surgeon privileges, including the need for a surgical assistant.
Verify equipment function and safety, position patients appropriately, complete counts accurately, verify sterility, monitor the sterile field, and provide appropriate X-ray shielding.
Electronically document assessments, care plans, medication administration, and nursing notes accurately and in accordance with policy; assist others with documentation skills.
Apply knowledge of disease processes, medications, and treatments in nursing practice.
Pursue continuing education and certifications; attend required in-services, meetings, conferences, and workshops; maintain required competencies and training; and apply acquired knowledge to patient care.
Perform charge duties when applicable, make sound decisions, handle crises, and serve as a resource to staff, patients, families, and other health professionals.
Serve as a professional role model and mentor or preceptor; participate in unit activities, quality improvement, data collection, equipment evaluation, cost-containment initiatives, and equipment-failure reporting.
Report patient condition accurately, thoroughly, and promptly to peers, supervisors, physicians, and other professionals using handoff communication that includes patient, assessment, situation, and safety information.
Manage time effectively, complete assignments promptly, and support unit workflow through care-plan updates and equipment organization or maintenance.