Registered Nurse - Broadway PACU

Sanford Health•Fargo, ND

19d

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides individualized nursing care using the nursing process: assessment, diagnosis, outcomes and planning, implementation, and evaluation. The Broadway PACU is a 19-bay unit providing close observation and care to patients following procedures that require anesthesia. Patients range from infants to geriatric adults, and the unit serves specialties including complex inpatient cases and routine outpatient surgery in general surgery, bariatrics, ENT, GYN, urology, oncology, RMCC, colorectal, interventional radiology, and MRI.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited nursing program.
Hold an unencumbered RN license in the state where nursing is practiced, or multistate licensure if practicing in a Nurse Licensure Compact state.
Obtain and maintain required department-specific competencies and certifications.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred.
At least one year of RN experience in an inpatient setting preferred.

Responsibilities

Use the nursing process to provide individualized care, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
Collaborate with inter-professional colleagues, including physicians, to plan, implement, and evaluate care.
Practice within the full scope of nursing expertise and use age- and population-specific standards appropriate to the assigned clinical setting.
Care for patients across preventative care, health maintenance, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up.
Plan and coordinate care and provide patient assessment, education, triage, and other nursing interventions.
Practice according to the Nurse Practice Act and applicable administrative rules in the state of practice and licensure.