Registered Nurse
About The Position
OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans? The Ambulatory Surgery Registered Nurse (RN), provides pre-operative/procedural care, including (but not limited to) the nursing assessment of patients, consent, and H&P validations, the starting of intravenous fluids including venipuncture, assisting with peripheral nerve blocks, assuring all lab work and other pre-operative/procedural testing is completed and communicated to team members, confirms surgical sites are prepared and marked, and the administration of medications as ordered. He/she provides clear and concise preoperative teaching and reviews discharge instructions to patients and families with written and verbal communication. The Ambulatory RN monitors post operative patient's level of consciousness after the recovery of anesthesia/sedation. He/she closely observes signs of side effect of post residual anesthesia medications. The Ambulatory RN maintains knowledge of current American Society of Peri anesthesia Nurses (ASPAN) standards, VHA Directive and service level standard operating procedures. The Incument is responsible for ensuring comprehensive documentation of all phases of care and is timely, complete, and accurate in the electronic health record.
Requirements
- 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
Responsibilities
- Provides pre-operative/procedural care, including (but not limited to) the nursing assessment of patients, consent, and H&P validations
- Starting of intravenous fluids including venipuncture
- Assisting with peripheral nerve blocks
- Assuring all lab work and other pre-operative/procedural testing is completed and communicated to team members
- Confirms surgical sites are prepared and marked
- Administration of medications as ordered
- Provides clear and concise preoperative teaching and reviews discharge instructions to patients and families with written and verbal communication
- Monitors post operative patient's level of consciousness after the recovery of anesthesia/sedation
- Closely observes signs of side effect of post residual anesthesia medications
- Maintains knowledge of current American Society of Peri anesthesia Nurses (ASPAN) standards, VHA Directive and service level standard operating procedures
- Ensuring comprehensive documentation of all phases of care and is timely, complete, and accurate in the electronic health record.
Benefits
- Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards
- Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
- Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Industry
Administration of Human Resource Programs
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
