RN Pre Op/ Post Op
About The Position
As a Registered Nurse, you will deliver compassionate, high-quality, individualized care to support patients’ well-being and recovery. The role involves assessing patients, performing skilled procedures, and implementing care plans while collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to promote optimal outcomes. Success requires strong assessment and critical-thinking skills, a patient-first mindset, urgency, and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment. The RN conducts admission and ongoing assessments, provides care for patients’ physical, psychological, and spiritual needs, and notifies physicians of changes requiring attention. The nurse prepares patients for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies; implements safety initiatives and protocols; reassesses patients after interventions; and adjusts care as needs change. The position also includes bedside shift reporting, delegating tasks according to coworker experience and patient acuity, maintaining a safe environment, reporting safety or hazard concerns, and accurately documenting charges and supplies used.
Requirements
- Associate degree in nursing or nursing diploma; 1–3 years stated, upon hire.
- Kentucky Registered Nurse license, upon hire.
- Basic Life Support (CPR), upon hire.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 90 days.
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support within 90 days.
Responsibilities
- Conduct admission and ongoing assessments of patients’ conditions and provide nursing care for their physical, psychological, and spiritual needs.
- Notify physicians of assessment changes that require attention.
- Prepare patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies to help reduce anxiety.
- Report significant changes in patient conditions to the Charge Nurse/Team Leader and/or physician.
- Implement patient-safety initiatives and protocols, including medication-safety practices, physician orders, and consult notifications.
- Reassess patients at appropriate intervals following interventions, notify physicians as necessary, and adjust nursing care to meet changing needs.
- Give and receive bedside shift reports, including family participation, and provide accurate, comprehensive handoff reports.
- Delegate tasks as needed according to coworkers’ experience and abilities and patients’ acuity.
- Maintain a safe patient-care and work environment; promptly remove used and soiled equipment and linen to appropriate locations.
- Incorporate national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety, and satisfaction; immediately report patient-safety and hazard concerns.
- Accurately document charges and supplies used in patient care and apply cost-containment measures.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
