Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II, Part-Time - Michigan Endoscopy Center

SCA Health•Farmington Hills, MI

About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) PreOp PACU to provide preoperative and postoperative nursing care at Michigan Endoscopy Center. The nurse assesses patients throughout the perianesthesia continuum, interprets monitor information, develops and implements individualized plans of care, and evaluates progress toward expected outcomes. Care includes preparing patients for and managing recovery from general, monitored, regional, and local anesthesia; managing pain, comfort, fluids, comorbid conditions, and potential risks; and protecting patients from injury and infection. The role also involves educating patients and their designated support people, including involving them in care decisions; protecting patient rights, dignity, privacy, and confidentiality; documenting care; communicating and transferring care; and collaborating with teammates and other disciplines. The nurse participates in quality improvement, performance appraisal, team meetings, training, and safety huddles, maintains competencies, pursues professional growth, and performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
One year of preoperative or PACU experience.
Medical/surgical nursing experience.
Current state licensure to practice in good standing.
Current BLS/BCLS certification, or successful completion of BLS/BCLS within 90 days of employment.
Current ACLS certification, or successful completion of an ACLS course within 90 days of employment.
When pediatric care is within the facility’s scope of services, current PALS certification or successful completion of a PALS course within 90 days of employment.

Responsibilities

Promote SCA Health’s mission, vision, and values.
Assess patients’ preoperative and postoperative status at required intervals, including cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, hemodynamic, pain, comfort, and mental status.
Interpret information from noninvasive and invasive monitors and apply appropriate discharge and transfer scoring criteria.
Develop individualized perianesthesia plans of care and implement appropriate interventions.
Prepare for and manage patient recovery from general, monitored anesthesia care, regional, and local anesthesia.
Protect patients from injury related to positioning, thermal sources, and extraneous objects.
Communicate patients’ status throughout perianesthesia care and provide accurate, concise, pertinent hand-off reports.
Provide acute pain and comfort management and administer medications using the eight rights of medication administration.
Maintain wound integrity, tissue perfusion, body systems, fluid and electrolyte balance, and normothermia at or above baseline as appropriate.
Protect patients from infection and manage fluids and comorbid conditions as prescribed or applicable.
Assess patient or support-person knowledge and provide education about expected psychosocial responses, nutrition, medications, pain and comfort, wounds, and expected procedural responses.
Involve patients or designated support people in decisions about perioperative care and rehabilitation.
Protect patients’ rights, dignity, privacy, and confidentiality, and provide age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards.
Evaluate patient progress toward outcomes, transfer care as needed, and provide consistent and comparable care across settings.
Delegate tasks in accordance with applicable nursing laws, regulations, and job descriptions.
Document nursing care completely, accurately, and legibly.
Collaborate with other disciplines and use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to support effective working relationships.
Participate in quality review, performance improvement projects, performance appraisal, team meetings, training, and daily safety huddles.
Maintain required competencies, pursue professional growth, demonstrate fiscal responsibility, comply with facility policies and procedures, and perform other assigned duties.