PRN Pre-Op/PACU Registered Nurse- Quivira ASC
About The Position
The Registered Nurse provides preoperative and post-anesthesia care in the Preop/PACU department at Quivira ASC. The role assesses patients before and after procedures, monitors their condition and recovery, develops and implements individualized peri-anesthesia plans of care, and coordinates safe transitions of care. The nurse collaborates with patients, support persons, physicians, and the multidisciplinary perioperative team while protecting patients’ safety, rights, dignity, privacy, and confidentiality. The position also involves documentation, education, quality improvement, required competency maintenance, and participation in team meetings and safety huddles. The work takes place in a physically demanding, high-stress environment and may involve irregular hours and exposure to clinical hazards.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- Current state license to practice in good standing.
- High school graduate or equivalent.
- Complete Basic Life Support (BLS) within 90 days of employment or provide documentation of current BLS certification; AHA certification preferred.
- Complete Advanced Life Support (ALS) within six months of employment or provide documentation of current ALS certification; AHA certification preferred.
- Complete Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) within six months of employment if required by the supervisor for pediatric care within the facility’s scope, or provide documentation of current PALS certification; AHA certification preferred.
- Ability to perform the listed nursing duties and meet the described physical requirements, including lifting and carrying items up to 50 pounds.
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 preoperative and postoperative cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, hemodynamic, pain, and comfort status at intervals established by facility policies and procedures.
- Interpret information from noninvasive and invasive monitors and apply relevant discharge or transfer scoring criteria.
- Develop and implement individualized peri-anesthesia plans of care, including preparing for and managing recovery from general, monitored anesthesia care, regional, and local anesthesia.
- Protect patients from injury, infection, and other risks; operate equipment safely and report or correct unsafe conditions.
- Communicate patient status throughout the peri-anesthesia continuum and provide accurate, concise, pertinent hand-off reports and transfers of care.
- Provide acute pain and comfort management; administer medications using the eight rights of safe medication administration; manage fluids and comorbid conditions as applicable.
- Perform interventions to maintain wound integrity, tissue perfusion, and normothermia, and provide appropriate monitoring in accordance with policies and procedures.
- Handle specimens according to facility policy and follow standard precautions, including use of personal protective equipment.
- Assess patient or support-person knowledge and provide education about expected responses, psychosocial and nutritional needs, medical and pain management, wound management, and rehabilitation.
- Involve patients or designated support persons in decisions affecting perioperative care and rehabilitation; protect patient rights, dignity, privacy, and confidentiality.
- Provide age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards, and comply with Universal Protocol and site-validation and time-out policies.
- Evaluate patient progress toward outcomes and document each episode of care completely, accurately, and legibly.
- Delegate tasks in accordance with applicable nursing practice laws, regulations, and job descriptions.
- Collaborate and communicate effectively with perioperative team members and stakeholders; participate in multidisciplinary care planning and resolve workplace conflicts constructively.
- Participate in quality review and performance improvement projects, performance appraisal, team meetings, training, and daily safety huddles.
- Maintain required competencies, pursue professional growth, and demonstrate fiscal responsibility.
- Comply with company and facility policies and procedures and perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
