RN Endo (PRN)

Surgery Partners Careers•Lombard, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) in Endoscopy is responsible for the delivery of safe patient care throughout the patient's Endoscopic experience, utilizing the nursing process. This role involves collaborating with physicians and healthcare team members to plan care and establish desired outcomes, ensuring necessary equipment and supplies are available, and involving peers in care planning. The RN provides safe and efficient nursing care, keeps waiting significant others informed of patient status, and practices universal precautions and safety measures. They must be able to recognize changes in patient status and report pertinent information, conserve materials and equipment, and prepare and label specimens according to policy. The nurse provides concise information to relief staff, delegates appropriately in emergencies, and measures patient responses to interventions. They ensure equipment and supplies are returned to their proper locations, identify and prioritize individual patient care needs based on age and status, and plan care based on the contemplated procedure, standards of practice, and physician preferences. Documentation must be clear, concise, accurate, and legible, including all necessary information related to patient progress and outcomes. The RN is responsible for completing resuscitation records after Code Blue procedures, assessing the physiological and psychosocial health status of patients, identifying chief complaints, assessing pain per policy, and assessing patient medical history. Competency in patient identification verification and pre-procedure phone calls is also required.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Current Illinois Registered Nurse License.
Current American Heart Assn. BLS and ACLS certifications.
Demonstrates current, comprehensive professional knowledge and skills in conformance with recognized nursing standards and department policies including the Patient Bill of Rights and AAAHC regulations, Standards for Nursing Care and the Nurse Practice Act.

Responsibilities

Delivery of safe patient care in the Endoscopy period 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.