Registered Nurse, Recovery Room
About The Position
The Clinical Nurse in the Recovery Room coordinates and delivers patient care in a hospital setting using the nursing process. The role reports and is accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director and administers patient care under a physician’s direction. The nurse collaborates with the interdisciplinary care team to pursue patient outcomes, documents care and patient responses, prioritizes care based on patient and family needs, and helps prepare patients and families for discharge. The role also supports clinical and operational excellence, promotes a safe and secure hospital environment, and maintains required competencies.
Requirements
- Registered Nurse licensure in North Carolina or a compact state by the day of clinical care.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification.
- Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification.
Nice To Haves
- One year of experience working as a registered nurse in an acute-care or inpatient hospital setting.
Responsibilities
- Administer patient care under the direction of a physician.
- Identify and pursue expected patient outcomes in collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team.
- Report and record the plan of care, nursing care provided, and the patient’s response.
- Provide competent clinical nursing care consistent with organizational and nursing standards, policies, and procedures.
- Organize and prioritize care according to patient and family needs.
- Consult appropriate resources in a timely manner regarding complex care issues, unusual teaching needs, or patients at high risk for discharge-planning needs.
- Collaborate with peers in a clinical operations environment and foster intra- and interdepartmental communication.
- Synthesize data from complex situations to determine care priorities, including physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs.
- Assess and anticipate discharge needs of individual patients and families.
- Communicate with patients and families to prepare or update the plan of care using cultural competency and active listening.
- Develop relationships with patients and families that promote their ability to advocate for their needs.
- Develop clinical and operational excellence in self and peers through education and training.
- Promote a safe, clean, and secure hospital environment, including applying standard precautions and infection-control principles.
- Maintain competency in required skills and complete an annual competency assessment using the documented checklist.
- Adhere to documented policies and processes and perform other related duties as assigned.
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