Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II - Brooklyn Park

SCA Health•Brooklyn Park, MN

About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) PreOp PACU to provide preoperative and postoperative nursing care. The nurse assesses patients throughout the perianesthesia continuum, interprets information from monitors, develops and implements individualized care plans, evaluates patient progress, and transfers care as needed. The role includes preparing patients for recovery from general, monitored, regional, and local anesthesia; providing pain and comfort management; administering medications safely; protecting patients from injury and infection; managing fluids and other conditions; and supporting wound integrity, tissue perfusion, and body-system function. The nurse educates and involves patients or designated support persons in care decisions, protects patient rights and privacy, provides age-specific and culturally competent care, and documents care accurately. The position also involves hand-off reporting, appropriate delegation, collaboration with other disciplines, participation in quality improvement and team activities, maintaining competencies, and pursuing professional growth. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
One year of preoperative or PACU experience.
Medical/surgical nursing experience.
Current state licensure in good standing.
Current BLS/BCLS certification, or successful completion of a BLS/BCLS course within 90 days of employment.
Current ACLS certification, or successful completion of an ACLS course within 90 days of employment.
If 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 intervals according to facility policies, including cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, hemodynamic, pain, comfort, and mental status.
Interpret information from noninvasive and invasive monitors.
Apply the appropriate scoring system and discharge criteria for patient transfer.
Develop and implement individualized perianesthesia plans of care.
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 patient status throughout the perianesthesia continuum of care.
Provide acute pain and comfort management as needed.
Administer medications safely using the eight rights of medication administration.
Perform interventions to maintain wound and tissue integrity and perfusion, body-system function, fluid and electrolyte balance, and normothermia.
Protect patients from infection and manage comorbid conditions and prescribed fluids.
Assess patient or support-person knowledge and provide education on expected responses, nutrition, medications, pain and comfort, wound care, and the procedure.
Involve patients or designated support persons in decisions about the perioperative plan of care and rehabilitation.
Protect patient rights, dignity, privacy, and confidentiality, and provide age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards.
Evaluate patient progress toward outcomes and transfer care as needed.
Provide accurate, concise, pertinent hand-off reports.
Delegate tasks in accordance with applicable nursing laws, regulations, and job descriptions.
Document nursing care completely, accurately, and legibly.
Collaborate with other disciplines and participate in quality review and performance improvement projects.
Participate in performance appraisal, team meetings, trainings, and daily safety huddles.
Use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to support effective working relationships.
Maintain required competencies and pursue professional growth.
Demonstrate fiscal responsibility and comply with facility policies and procedures.
Perform other duties as assigned.