RN PreOp PACU II

SCA Health•Muncie, IN

11h

About The Position

Central Indiana Orthopedics, part of OrthoAlliance and SCA Health, is hiring a Registered Nurse to provide preoperative and post-anesthesia care. The role promotes SCA Health’s mission, vision, and values while delivering individualized, safe, and consistent care throughout the perianesthesia continuum. The nurse assesses patients before and after procedures, monitors their condition and recovery, implements and evaluates care plans, supports patients and their designated support people with education and care decisions, and coordinates with the care team. The position also includes documentation, handoffs, delegation, quality improvement, maintaining competencies, and participation in team activities.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
One year of preoperative or PACU experience.
Medical/surgical nursing experience.
Current state licensure in good standing to practice.
Current BLS/BCLS certification, or successful completion within 90 days of employment.
Current ACLS certification, or successful completion within 90 days of employment.
If pediatric care is included in the facility’s scope of services, current PALS certification or successful completion within 90 days of employment.

Responsibilities

Promote the mission, vision, and values of SCA Health.
Assess patients’ preoperative and postoperative status at required intervals, including cardiovascular, respiratory and airway, neurological, hemodynamic, pain and comfort, and mental status.
Interpret information from noninvasive and invasive monitors.
Apply relevant patient-transfer and discharge scoring systems and criteria according to organizational policy.
Develop and implement individualized perianesthesia plans of care.
Prepare for and manage patient recovery from general, monitored anesthesia care, regional, and local anesthesia.
Protect patients from injury related to positioning, thermal sources, and extraneous objects.
Communicate patients’ status throughout the perianesthesia continuum of care and provide acute pain and comfort management as needed.
Administer medications safely using the eight rights of medication administration.
Perform interventions to maintain wound integrity, tissue perfusion, body-system function, fluid and electrolyte balance, and normothermia.
Perform interventions to protect patients from infection and manage comorbid conditions and prescribed fluids.
Assess patients’ or support persons’ knowledge and provide education about psychosocial responses, nutrition, medications, pain and comfort, wound management, and expected responses to procedures.
Involve patients or designated support people in decisions about perioperative care and rehabilitation.
Protect patients’ rights, dignity, privacy, and confidentiality; provide age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards.
Evaluate patient progress toward expected outcomes and transfer care as needed.
Provide accurate, concise, and pertinent handoff reports.
Delegate tasks according to applicable nursing practice requirements, laws, and job descriptions.
Document nursing care completely, accurately, and legibly.
Collaborate with other disciplines and participate in quality review and performance improvement projects.
Participate in performance appraisal, team meetings, training, and daily safety huddles.
Use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to support effective working relationships.
Maintain required competencies and pursue professional growth.
Demonstrate fiscal responsibility, comply with facility policies and procedures, and perform other assigned duties.