Pre-Op/PACU Registered Nurse -Multiple positions available
About The Position
This professional provides planned and highly skilled nursing care for the immediate pre- and post-operative patient. The role involves active participation as a team member in the total perioperative and procedural process, working collaboratively with the healthcare team to ensure continuity of care. Responsibilities include preparing pre-op, PACU, and Endoscopy areas, providing comfort and reassurance, and utilizing the nursing process for safe and individualized care. The nurse will administer medications, comprehend physician orders, perform pre-operative assessments, develop care plans, receive and assess postoperative patients, evaluate care plans and outcomes, and make postoperative telephone calls. The position also includes participation in QA activities, ensuring patient safety, starting and monitoring intravenous lines, maintaining competencies, reporting complications, documenting patient care, preparing patients for discharge, organizing nursing activities efficiently, considering cost containment, assisting with inventory management, and maintaining a clean and orderly work area. Additionally, the role involves preparing rooms between patients, transporting patients, promoting patient and physician satisfaction, adhering to safety policies, practicing good body mechanics, protecting PHI and HIPAA information, following all policies and procedures, reporting incidents, and promoting patient and employee safety.
Requirements
- Comprehensive and current knowledge of nursing theory with demonstrated competency in general nursing technical skills
- Knowledge and understanding of perioperative nursing
- Adequate understanding of a wide variety of medical/surgical pathophysiology
- Awareness of symptoms, possible complications and appropriate interventions of surgery and anesthesia
- Knowledge should be up to date on the actions of all pharmaceuticals and anesthetic agents
- Have a working knowledge of fluid and electrolyte balance
- Understanding of proper positioning techniques
- Knowledge of procedural instruments and equipment including use, handling and care per IFU
- Able to perform accurate and complete patient assessments
- Must be able to recognize emergency situations and assist in corrective actions
- Skilled in age-based competencies
- Skill in organization.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, decimals, and percentages
- Ability to understand, read, write, and speak English and effectively present information, respond to questions, and professionally interact with managers, employees, patients, vendors, and the general public.
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing and currently licensed to practice in the State of Oregon as a Registered Nurse
- Must maintain BLS/ACLS/PALS
Nice To Haves
- Previous medical / surgical / Post Anesthesia recovery experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Actively participates as a team member in the total perioperative and procedural process
- Works collaboratively with the healthcare team to ensure continuity of care
- Prepares pre-op, PACU and Endoscopy areas for incoming patients according to patient needs
- Provides comfort and reassurance to patient and patient family members
- Utilizes the nursing process to perform safe and individualized nursing care
- Administers medication per physician orders
- Accurately comprehends and interprets physician orders and direction
- Performs pre-operative assessment and prepares patient for surgery developing a plan of care, based on patient needs, related to the procedure and type of anesthesia
- Receives patient postoperatively, assesses patient needs administering care; accordingly, evaluates care plan and outcomes
- Makes post-operative telephone call
- Participates in QA activities
- Assures patient safety and communicates concerns appropriately following chain of command
- Starts and monitors intravenous lines
- Maintains competencies for perioperative nursing
- Reports any abnormal observed complications to the anesthesia provider and physician
- Documents patient-care records and other forms accurately, legibly and in a timely manner
- Prepares patient for discharge and reviews and documents discharge instructions with patient and responsible adult
- Organizes nursing activities efficiently and effectively
- Considers cost containment by using supplies economically and by managing efficient turnover time
- Assists with supplies, drugs, and equipment inventories to maintain stock level and availability
- Maintains order and cleanliness of assigned area
- Prepares room, equipment and stretcher beds between patients
- Transports patients as needed
- Promotes patient and physician satisfaction
- Adheres to safety policies and practices good body mechanics and ergonomics
- Follows all rules and regulations for PHI and HIPAA protections of patient information
- Follows all policies and procedures, including, but not limited to, attendance, timeliness, and safeguarding confidential information
- Reports incidents in a timely manner
- Promotes patient and employee safety and communicates concerns appropriately, following Chain of Command
- Attends in-service programs as requested
- Performs other related duties as directed
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
