RN Cardiovascular OR Evenings

Baylor Scott & White Health•Temple, TX

63d

About The Position

Baylor Scott & White Health is seeking a full time Registered Nurse to join our amazing Level One OR Department. Baylor Scott & White Memorial Hospital is a 636-bed specialty care teaching hospital and the only Level 1 Trauma Center between Dallas and Austin. Over 20 heart transplants done this year! This team covers vascular and cardiac cases including endovascular, TAVR, off-pump CABG, valve replacement, AAA and other procedures. We have 2 hybrid suites for endovascular care. Come join this highly skilled team of professionals and take your career to the next level! Unit Summary We are a fast-paced unit caring for very critical patients. Every day is a different day. The operating room nurse works closely with anesthesia and surgeons in a team environment to ensure safe passage through the intraoperative phase of care. 33 operating rooms and 2 lithotomy suites We provide surgical care for multiple service lines including cardiac, vascular, neuro, gynecology, urology, ENT, orthopedics, general surgery, trauma surgery, robotics, and oral surgery. We are a team oriented, welcoming, and supportive unit. We enjoy teaching new team members and want to grow new staff to meet their goals. We encourage staff to pursue further education, learn to scrub, and participate in unit projects and committees JOB SUMMARY The Operating Room (OR) Registered Nurse (RN) is a licensed professional who uses the BSWH nursing professional practice model to coordinate patient care delivery by the health care team. Using the nursing process, the RN assesses the patient, identifies nursing diagnoses based on responses to health problems, develops and implements an individualized plan of care, and evaluates the patient's response. The RN promotes safe passage for their patients by using knowledge of patient needs and the healthcare environment to assist patients to transition through the healthcare encounter without any preventable complications or delays. The RN delegates interventions to health care personnel based on the Texas Nursing Practice Act, each patient's condition and the competencies of the employee. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE ROLE Clinical Judgment: Using clinical reasoning, conducts accurate clinical assessments according to practice standards. Identifies and prioritizes patient and family needs. Develops, implements and evaluates the nursing plan of care. Modifies plan to meet clinical outcomes. Clinical Inquiry: Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, including, but not limited to, nursing sensitive indicators. Supports evidence-based practice changes through research utilization and experiential learning. Participates in quality/performance improvement initiatives. Caring Practices: Creates a compassionate, supportive, safe and therapeutic environment for patients, families and staff. Develops therapeutic relationships with patient and family and maintains appropriate boundaries. Manages both emotional and physical pain with the aim of promoting comfort and healing and preventing unnecessary suffering. Response to Diversity: Recognizes, appreciates and incorporates a patient's and family's unique differences, such as culture, spiritual beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, age, and values, into an individualized plan of care. Advocacy and Moral Agency: Preserves and protects the confidentiality, autonomy, dignity and rights of patient and family and represents their concerns. Creates an individualized plan that accurately reflects patient and family values and goals. Identifies and helps resolve ethical and clinical concerns. Facilitation of Learning: Facilitates learning for patients and families, nursing staff, other members of the health care team and community; integrating appropriate education throughout the continuum of care to help them participate and/or make informed decisions about their health care and treatments, including health promotion and disease prevention. Assesses and documents learning needs and outcomes. Collaboration: Works collaboratively and interdependently with colleagues and community to develop and implement an integrated plan of care. Open and sensitive to all team members unique contributions. Delegates tasks and care to appropriate staff and ensures timely follow-up. Systems Thinking: Uses strategies and available resources for problem-solving for patients, family and staff. Recognizes that resources are limited and considers factors related to safety, effectiveness and efficiency in planning and delivering patient care. Professionalism: Improves nursing practice and the work environment through participating in shared governance and decision-making processes and meaningfully recognizing the contributions of others. Participates in the staffing process from education and planning to evaluation. Identifies personal goals and commits to ongoing professional growth through continuing education, networking with professional colleagues, membership and involvement in professional nursing organizations, self-study, professional reading, certification and seeking advanced degrees. Contributes to the professional development of peers, colleagues and others. Demonstrates commitment to community service.

Requirements

Grad of an Accredited Registered Nurse Program
1 Year of CVOR RN Experience Required
Registered Nurse (RN)
Basic Life Support (BLS): BLS or BLS within 30 days of hire or transfer.

Responsibilities

Using clinical reasoning, conducts accurate clinical assessments according to practice standards.
Identifies and prioritizes patient and family needs.
Develops, implements and evaluates the nursing plan of care.
Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, including, but not limited to, nursing sensitive indicators.
Supports evidence-based practice changes through research utilization and experiential learning.
Creates a compassionate, supportive, safe and therapeutic environment for patients, families and staff.
Develops therapeutic relationships with patient and family and maintains appropriate boundaries.
Recognizes, appreciates and incorporates a patient's and family's unique differences, such as culture, spiritual beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, age, and values, into an individualized plan of care.
Preserves and protects the confidentiality, autonomy, dignity and rights of patient and family and represents their concerns.
Creates an individualized plan that accurately reflects patient and family values and goals.
Facilitates learning for patients and families, nursing staff, other members of the health care team and community
Works collaboratively and interdependently with colleagues and community to develop and implement an integrated plan of care.
Uses strategies and available resources for problem-solving for patients, family and staff.
Improves nursing practice and the work environment through participating in shared governance and decision-making processes and meaningfully recognizing the contributions of others.