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Surgery Partners • Cape Coral, FL

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About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides patient care throughout the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases of surgical care, using the nursing process of assessment, diagnosis, and patient outcomes. The role requires current professional nursing knowledge and skills consistent 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 position reports to the Supervisor of Clinical Services.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Registered Nurse license.
• Current American Heart Association BLS and ACLS certifications.
• Demonstrate comprehensive professional knowledge and nursing skills consistent with recognized standards, department policies, JCAHO regulations, Standards for Nursing Care, and the Nurse Practice Act.

Responsibilities

• Deliver patient care during the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases of surgical care.
• Assess patients’ physiological and psychosocial health status, pain, history, understanding, and expectations of care.
• Verbally report relevant information to appropriate staff and document patient information legibly in the medical record, signing with the appropriate professional title.
• Identify patient outcomes, establish nursing diagnoses and mutually acceptable patient and family goals, and formulate and implement individualized plans of care.
• Assess and solve problems, respond to emergencies, and continually adjust care plans based on patient and family data.
• Practice within legal and ethical guidelines and demonstrate accountability, flexibility, and safe judgment.
• Demonstrate proper preoperative communication and reporting, surgical case counting and documentation, aseptic technique, and efficient turnover.
• Use proper technique to obtain blood products.
• Verify patient identity and identify and mark the surgical site according to policy.
• Anticipate the surgeon’s needs during surgical procedures.
• Participate in a professional nursing organization.

What This Job Offers

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