RN, Pre Admission Testing, Per Diem, 8 Hour Day Shift

Heywood Hospital•Gardner, MA

138d•$40 - $79•Onsite

About The Position

The primary role of a pre-admission testing Registered Nurse (RN) is to evaluate patients prior to their arrival to perioperative services. This includes completing and documenting a thorough nursing assessment, history and physical as applicable, initiating pertinent patient teaching, initiating and evaluating pertinent diagnostic tests, and notifying physicians/providers as necessary. The Pre-admission testing RN works closely with perioperative staff, surgeons, proceduralists, and anesthesia providers to ensure patient readiness for their scheduled procedures.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Minimum 3 years of experience within Perioperative Services.
Registered Nurses Current MA license and CPR certification required.
Must be self-directed; must be able to manage time efficiently; must demonstrate mature professional behaviors, (i.e. tact, empathy and diplomacy); must be willing to work/cross train to other areas within perioperative services if needed.

Responsibilities

Provides patient care based on standards of care, standards of practice, protocols, and established policies and procedures.
Respects each patient as an individual; provides care that fosters the patient’s sense of dignity and positive self-regard.
Provides patient/family teaching based on identified learning needs, readiness to learn, and barriers to learning.
Collaboratively plans and prepares patient/family for discharge incorporating support systems/resources as necessary.
Appropriately delegates and supervises nursing interventions performed by others.
Appropriately prioritizes patient care (e.g. seeks assistance as needed from appropriate resources, reassigns personnel as necessary, recognizes need for emergency intervention, etc.).
Provides thorough, timely, and accurate documentation of all pertinent data, therapeutic interventions and patient responses according to established standards.
Provides timely and thorough report on assigned patients to other health care team members to ensure integration of services and continuity of patient care.
Promotes learning for colleagues and self (e.g. functions as preceptor, instructor, trainer, attends professional development programs, etc.).
Proactively identifies risk to patient safety and identifies opportunities to reduce medical/health care errors (i.e. appropriate reporting of errors/incidents).
Identifies ethical issues in care and develops plan to address.
Assesses patient pain level as necessary, depending upon diagnosis utilizing the numerical pain scale.
Obtains supporting information and completes required documentation related to medication reconciliation in the electronic record.
Collaborates with surgeon, proceduralist, radiologist, anesthesiologist, cardiologist, primary care physician, etc to assure patients’ wellbeing and appropriate plan for perioperative period.
Assures pertinent diagnostic tests (e.g. labs, EKG, xray, etc) are obtained. Communicates abnormal values effectively to medical providers as necessary.
Identifies patients correctly by checking patient identification bands and consent forms as well as verifying operative procedure and site.
Demonstrates competency in providing infection prevention, pre-anesthesia and post-operative care education to patients, family or health care proxy as applicable.
Seeks out learning opportunities, practice recommendations and updates relevant to perioperative care.
Exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians and co-workers. Provides compassionate patient centered care at all times.
Demonstrates competency in accurate and thorough documentation of pre-admission nursing assessment, history, physical (as applicable) and pre-anesthesia screening.
Maintains all competencies and certifications required for this position.