PRN Pre-Op/PACU Registered Nurse- KUMW
About The Position
The PRN Registered Nurse provides preoperative and post-anesthesia care in the Preop/PACU department. The nurse assesses patients’ preoperative and postoperative status, monitors and interprets clinical information, develops and implements individualized peri-anesthesia plans, supports recovery from anesthesia, and evaluates progress toward expected outcomes. The role includes patient education, medication administration, acute pain and comfort management, fluid and comorbidity management, infection prevention, and protection of patient rights, dignity, and privacy. The nurse communicates and collaborates with patients, families, physicians, and the perioperative team; provides accurate hand-off reports and transfers care as needed; documents care; participates in quality improvement, team meetings, training, and safety huddles; maintains competencies; and complies with company and facility policies. The position reports to the Pre-Op/PACU RN Manager and supervises no one. Work takes place in a physically demanding, high-stress environment, with exposure to blood and body fluids, communicable diseases, chemicals, radiation, and repetitive motions. Duties require extensive standing and walking, pushing and pulling heavy objects, handling and lifting patients and equipment, and lifting and carrying items up to 50 pounds. The role involves working irregular hours.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- Current state licensure to practice in good standing.
- Complete Basic Life Support (BLS) within 90 days of employment or provide documentation of current certification; AHA certification preferred.
- Complete Advanced Life Support (ALS) within 6 months of employment or provide documentation of current certification; AHA certification preferred.
- Complete Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within 6 months of employment if required by the supervisor when pediatric care is within the facility’s scope, or provide documentation of current certification; AHA certification preferred.
- High school graduate or equivalent.
- Ability to meet the role’s physical requirements, including extensive standing and walking, handling and lifting patients and equipment, and lifting and carrying items up to 50 pounds.
- Corrected vision and hearing within normal range.
Nice To Haves
- One year of ICU, ED, PACU, and/or medical/surgical nursing experience.
- Specialty certification in Perioperative or Perianesthesia Nursing.
Responsibilities
- Promote the company’s mission, vision, and values.
- Assess patients’ preoperative and postoperative status at intervals specified by facility policies, including cardiovascular, respiratory and airway, neurological and mental-status, hemodynamic, and pain or comfort needs.
- Interpret information accurately from noninvasive and invasive monitors.
- Apply organizational scoring systems and discharge criteria when transferring patients.
- Develop and implement individualized peri-anesthesia plans, including preparing for and managing recovery from general, monitored anesthesia care, regional, and local anesthesia.
- Protect patients from injury, infection, and unsafe positioning or exposure to thermal, chemical, electrical, mechanical, and other hazards; operate equipment safely and report unsafe situations.
- Communicate patient status throughout peri-anesthesia care and speak up about safety concerns as a patient advocate.
- Handle specimens according to facility policies and follow standard precautions, including use of personal protective equipment.
- Provide acute pain and comfort management, administer medications using the eight rights of safe medication administration, and manage fluids and comorbid conditions as prescribed or applicable.
- Maintain wound integrity, tissue perfusion, and normothermia through appropriate interventions and monitoring.
- Assess patient or support-person knowledge and provide education about psychosocial, nutritional, medical, pain, and wound management and expected responses to procedures.
- Involve patients or designated support persons in perioperative care and rehabilitation decisions; protect patient rights, dignity, privacy, and confidentiality; and provide age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards.
- Follow Universal Protocol and facility site-validation and time-out policies.
- Evaluate patient progress toward outcomes, transfer care as needed, and provide accurate, concise, pertinent hand-off reports.
- Delegate tasks in accordance with applicable nursing practice laws, regulations, and job descriptions.
- Document each episode of care completely, accurately, and legibly.
- Communicate and collaborate effectively with the perioperative team and other stakeholders; participate in multidisciplinary care planning.
- Participate in quality review and performance improvement projects and the performance appraisal process.
- Use problem-solving and conflict-resolution skills to foster effective work relationships.
- Maintain required competencies and pursue professional growth.
- Comply with company and facility policies and procedures; participate in team meetings, training, and daily safety huddles.
- Demonstrate fiscal responsibility and perform other duties as assigned.
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Education Level
High school or GED
