PRN RN Endo

Surgery Partners, Inc•Ogden, UT

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) Endoscopy is responsible for the delivery of safe patient care throughout the pre-Endoscopy, Endoscopy, and post-Endoscopy periods of a patient's endoscopic experience, utilizing the nursing process framework. This role involves comprehensive professional knowledge and skills in conformance with recognized nursing standards and department policies, including the Patient Bill of Rights, JCAHO regulations, Standards for Nursing Care, and the Nurse Practice Act. The RN consults with physicians and other healthcare team members to plan care and establish desired outcomes, ensures the availability of necessary equipment and supplies, and involves peers and other team members in care planning and revision. They base nursing care on specific nursing diagnoses and orders, provide safe and efficient nursing care, and keep waiting significant others informed of patient status/progress as directed by the physician. The position also requires adherence to universal precautions, electrical and environmental safety, and practicing within federal, state, and nurse practice guidelines. The RN must be able to recognize changes in patient status, report pertinent information, conserve materials and equipment, and prepare and label specimens according to hospital policy. They provide concise information to relief staff, appropriately delegate team member activities in emergencies, and measure patient responses to interventions based on expected outcomes. Additionally, the RN ensures equipment and supplies are returned to their proper locations, identifies and prioritizes individual patient care needs based on age and status, plans care based on the contemplated procedure, standards of practice, admission assessment, and physician preference, and documents all patient information clearly, concisely, accurately, and legibly. This includes documenting progress, outcomes, and interventions, and completing resuscitation records following Code Blue procedures. The RN assesses the physiological and psychosocial health status of patients, identifies chief complaints, assesses pain per policy, assesses patient medical history, and demonstrates competency in patient identification verification and pre-procedure phone calls.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Current Florida 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.