RN - Recovery Room

Trinity Health•Ann Arbor, MI

About The Position

The RN - Recovery Room works in the Main Pre-op/PACU department at Trinity Health Ann Arbor, a Level 1 Trauma Center. The department has 38 bays (20 PreOp and 18 PACU) and 20 operating rooms averaging 50 cases per day. It provides care to inpatients and outpatients before surgery and during recovery from anesthesia across elective, urgent, and emergent service lines. Department-based anesthesiologists provide 24/7 support. The department is a Certified Joint Center of Excellence and a Robotic Center of Excellence. The nurse provides individualized, evidence-based care, assesses patients holistically, responds to changing patient situations, and supports patient and family education and discharge planning. The position is a full-time, 12-hour evening-shift role; the posting also notes varied shifts.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited nursing program.
A BSN degree, or written agreement to obtain a BSN within five years of hire or transfer to an RN role.
Current Michigan nursing license.
BLS certification.
Knowledge of nursing theory, practice, and age-specific needs.
Interpersonal skills to maintain collegial relationships with coworkers and therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
Critical-thinking skills to perform the principal duties and responsibilities.
Ability to concentrate and pay close attention to detail when planning and performing professional nursing care.

Responsibilities

Assess patients appropriately, considering physical, psychosocial, emotional, age-specific, cultural, and spiritual factors.
Gather and analyze patient information and use critical thinking to respond to patient situations.
Develop, implement, evaluate, and revise individualized plans of care using evidence-based interventions and standards of care.
Identify care needs and begin planning across the continuum in consideration of patient and family preferences.
Identify patient and family education needs and develop and implement teaching plans based on evidence-based practice.
Use teach-back methodology to confirm patient and family learning, and seek additional educational resources when needed.
Identify resources needed for discharge readiness and begin discharge planning in collaboration with other disciplines.
Create an environment that promotes a positive patient experience.
Communicate accurate, timely, concise, and thorough verbal and written information, including documentation in the EMR.
Communicate patient status, priority goals, and interventions to colleagues and other disciplines during consultation, rounds, and handoffs.
Maintain cooperative working relationships, approach conflict constructively, identify problems, offer solutions, and participate in resolution.