Registered Nurse PreOp PACU II - Texas Health Surgery Center Dallas

SCA Health•Dallas, TX

10h

About The Position

SCA Health is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) PreOp PACU for Texas Health Surgery Center Dallas. The nurse promotes SCA Health’s mission, vision, and values and provides individualized perianesthesia care, including assessment and management of patients before and after procedures. The role includes monitoring patient status, supporting recovery from different anesthesia techniques, managing pain and other care needs, educating patients and support persons, and coordinating care and handoffs with teammates. The nurse protects patient rights, privacy, and safety; documents care; collaborates with other disciplines; participates in quality improvement and team activities; maintains competencies; and pursues professional growth. The stated pay range is USD $40.00 to USD $46.00 per hour.

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.
BLS or BCLS certification, or successful completion of the course within 90 days of employment.
ACLS certification, or successful completion of the course within 90 days of employment.
When pediatric care is included in the facility’s scope of services, PALS certification or successful completion of the course within 90 days of employment.

Responsibilities

Promote the mission, vision, and values of SCA.
Assess preoperative and postoperative patient status at required intervals, including cardiovascular, respiratory and airway, neurological, hemodynamic, pain and comfort, and mental status.
Accurately interpret information from noninvasive and invasive monitors.
Describe common disease processes and the physiology associated with anesthesia techniques and surgical or procedural interventions.
Apply the applicable scoring system and discharge criteria for patient transfer according to organizational policy.
Develop an individualized perianesthesia plan 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, or extraneous objects.
Communicate patient status throughout the perianesthesia continuum of care and provide accurate, concise, pertinent handoff reports.
Provide acute pain and comfort management as needed.
Administer medications safely using the eight rights of medication administration.
Maintain wound integrity and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels.
Maintain patient body systems and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances at or above baseline levels.
Help ensure the patient reaches or returns to normothermia by the end of the immediate postoperative period.
Protect patients from infection and manage comorbid conditions and prescribed fluids as applicable.
Assess the patient’s or support person’s knowledge and provide education about expected psychosocial responses, nutrition, medications, pain and comfort, wounds, and expected responses to procedures.
Involve patients or designated support persons in decisions about the perioperative plan of care and rehabilitation.
Protect patients’ rights, dignity, privacy, and confidential health information; provide age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards.
Provide consistent and comparable care regardless of setting.
Evaluate patient progress toward outcomes and transfer care as needed.
Delegate tasks in accordance with applicable nursing practice requirements, laws, and job descriptions.
Document nursing care completely, accurately, and legibly.
Collaborate effectively with other disciplines.
Participate in quality review, performance improvement projects, performance appraisal, team meetings, trainings, and daily safety huddles.
Use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to foster effective work relationships.
Maintain required competencies and pursue professional growth.
Act as a patient advocate and comply with facility policies and procedures.
Demonstrate fiscal responsibility and perform other duties as assigned.