RN Endo (Part-Time)

Surgery Partners, Inc•East Greenwich, RI

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) in the Endoscopy department is responsible for delivering safe patient care throughout the pre-Endoscopy, Endoscopy, and post-Endoscopy periods. This care is provided within the framework of the nursing process. The role involves consulting with physicians and other healthcare team members to plan care and establish desired outcomes, ensuring necessary equipment and supplies are available, and involving peers and other team members in care planning and revision. The RN bases nursing care on specific nursing diagnoses and orders, provides safe and efficient care, and keeps significant others informed of patient status as per physician input. They practice and promote universal precautions, electrical, and environmental safety, and operate within federal, state, and nurse practice guidelines. The position requires the ability to recognize changes in patient status, report pertinent information, conserve materials and equipment, and prepare and label specimens according to hospital policy. The RN also provides concise information to relief staff, directs and delegates team member activities appropriately in emergencies, and measures patient responses to interventions based on expected outcomes. They ensure equipment and supplies are returned to their proper locations, identify and prioritize individual patient care needs based on age, physiological, psychosocial, cultural, and physical status, and plan care based on the contemplated procedure, standards of practice, admission assessment, and physician preference. Documentation must be clear, concise, accurate, and legible, covering all necessary information related to patient progress, outcomes, and interventions. The RN is also responsible for completing resuscitation records following Code Blue procedures, assessing the physiological and psychosocial health status of patients, identifying chief complaints, assessing pain per policy, assessing patient medical history, and demonstrating competency in patient identification verification and pre-procedure phone calls.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Current Rhode Island Registered Nurse License
Current American Heart Assn. BLS and ACLS certifications.

Responsibilities

Delivery of safe patient care in the pre-Endoscopy, Endoscopy, and post-Endoscopy periods of the patient’s Endoscopic experience through the framework of the nursing process.
Consults with physician and other health care team members in planning care and establishing desired outcomes.
Ensures that required equipment and supplies are available.
Involves peers and other team members in planning and revising of care.
Bases nursing care on specific nursing diagnoses and nursing orders.
Gives safe (economical) and efficient nursing care to the patient.
Ensures that waiting significant others receive periodic status/progress reports per physician input.
Practices and assists others in maintaining universal precautions and electrical and environmental safety.
Practices within federal, state and nurse practice guidelines and regulations.
Is able to recognize changes in patient status; reports pertinent information.
Conserves materials and equipment through appropriate use.
Prepares and labels all specimens according to hospital policy and procedure; documents appropriately.
Gives pertinent, concise, precise information to relief staff.
Directs and delegates activity of team members appropriately in emergency situations.
Measure patient responses to medical and nursing interventions based on expected outcomes.
Ensures that equipment and supplies are returned to their proper location after use.
Identifies and prioritizes individual patient care needs according to age, physiological, psychosocial, cultural and physical status.
Plans care based on contemplated procedure, standards of practice, admission assessment and MD preference.
Documents in a clear, concise, accurate, legible manner.
Documents all necessary information related to patient’s progress and outcomes in interventions.
Ensures completion of resuscitation record following Code Blue procedures.
Assesses physiological and psychosocial health status of patient.
Identifies chief complaint.
Assesses pain per policy.
Assesses patient medical history.
Demonstrates competency in patient identification verification per policy.
Demonstrates competency in pre-procedure phone calls.