Registered Nurse - Operating Room

McLaren Health Care•Lansing, MI

28d

About The Position

The Registered Nurse in the Operating Room delivers nursing care within the assigned unit’s scope of practice, following hospital policies and procedures, nursing process guidelines, and standards of care and practice. The role assesses patients, plans and implements care, provides patient teaching, evaluates patient responses, and oversees ancillary personnel performing technical tasks.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Hold a current State of Michigan Registered Nurse license.
Hold American Heart Association or American Red Cross BLS certification as a Healthcare Provider.
Experience in a specialty area will be considered; unit- or position-specific experience may be required to maintain the unit's overall competency level, as required by a regulatory agency.
For the specified units, obtain the required certification within six months of hire: ACLS for Critical Care, Emergency, Endoscopy, Cardiac Cath Lab, Cardiac Rehab, Intensive Care Unit, Step-Down, and Telemetry Floats; NRP for Labor and Delivery; and PALS for Pediatrics.
For the Emergency Department, obtain PALS and TNCC within one year.

Nice To Haves

One year of professional nursing experience.
ACLS certification is preferred in units other than those where it is required.

Responsibilities

Assess each assigned patient, document and evaluate the patient's response to the plan of care, and take appropriate corrective action.
Plan and implement the patient's plan of care or standard of care, and provide patient teaching using that plan.
Oversee ancillary personnel performing technical tasks.