Registered Nurse - Mount Sinai Brooklyn - Operating Room - Full-time - Evenings
About The Position
Responsible for the care activities and goal achievements of assigned patients by assessing, diagnosing, planning and intervening in actual or potential health problems and evaluating patients’ response to care. Provides health teaching and discharge planning. Acts as a member of a designated care team and collaborates, coordinates and guides team members in planning patient care activities. Demonstrates behaviors reflecting the scientific knowledge, judgment and teaching skills of a professional nurse. Provides safe, competent, quality nursing care based on nursing theory and research to a designated group of patients. In the Operating Room, circulates and scrubs for orthopedic, neurological, gynecological, general surgery and laparoscopic procedures. Provides professional nursing care to Operating Room patients, documents care and assists physicians and surgeons. Participates in quality improvement processes and uses the nursing process in all aspects of care delivery. The role includes holding-room desk responsibilities.
Requirements
- Current New York State RN license.
- Minimum 2–3 years of recent experience as an Operating Room Scrub Nurse.
- BLS and ACLS certifications from the American Heart Association are required.
- Documented previous experience or educational preparation supporting credentials.
- Relevant clinical competence in the area of nursing practice.
- Ability to work well in a stressful, pressured environment.
- Special skills or experience may be required in specialized areas.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Science degree preferred.
- CNOR certification preferred.
Responsibilities
- Assess, diagnose, plan and intervene in actual or potential patient health problems, and evaluate patients’ responses to care.
- Provide health teaching and discharge planning.
- Collaborate with, coordinate and guide care-team members in planning patient care activities.
- Provide safe, competent, quality nursing care to an assigned group of patients.
- Circulate and scrub in the Operating Room for orthopedic, neurological, gynecological, general surgery and laparoscopic procedures.
- Document patient care and assist physicians and surgeons.
- Assist with quality improvement processes.
- Use the nursing process in all aspects of care delivery.
- Intervene in cardiac arrests and provide pain management and management of diseases and surgical procedures.
- Perform holding-room desk responsibilities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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