Registered Nurse (RN) - Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), Rotating

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health • Lebanon, NH

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About The Position

The Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) is a 22 bed unit where nearly all patients who have received general anesthesia come to recover after their surgery. The position involves working 3x12 hour shifts with a day/night rotation. The patient ratio is 2:1, presenting daily challenges of acuity and patient flow. The role requires providing professional nursing care to patients within the assigned unit, assessing, planning, organizing, providing, and evaluating nursing care utilizing the nursing process and critical thinking. The nurse will make nursing judgments and decisions and assume responsibility for nursing care and documentation.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.
• Licensed Registered Nurse with New Hampshire eligibility.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certificate required upon hire.
• ACLS Certificate required within 6 months of hire date.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• Prior post-anesthesia or critical care experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Identifies patient health-related problems and risk states and develops nursing care plans accordingly.
• Assists other nurses in assessment, diagnosis, care planning, and evaluation of outcomes.
• Provides individualized nursing care, recognizes and takes appropriate action for significant changes in patient conditions.
• Evaluates effectiveness of nursing care and makes necessary modifications to assist with optimal patient outcomes.
• Establishes relevant, evidence-based and safe nursing interventions and priorities when providing nursing care, including administering of medications.
• Collaborates effectively with patient, patient's significant others, and members of the health care team to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
• Acts as a resource to peers, student nurses, medical students, house officers, and other health care providers.
• Communicates patient status through verbal, electronic, and written means with other health care providers, and takes appropriate action for patient well-being.
• Observes patient to recognize nursing needs and implements care/interventions directly when needed or indirectly by collaboration with other nursing team members, physicians or members of other health care disciplines.
• Collaborates with colleagues to ensure patient and family involvement with discharge planning and the achievement of identified needs through teaching or referrals.
• Assumes responsibility for ensuring an integrated discharge planning process.
• Identifies and offers solutions to patient care delivery issues through quality improvement, continuing education, research, and peer review activities.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees