Staff RN - PACU, Casual, days, Grady Memorial
About The Position
Provides specialized post-anesthesia nursing care to patients recovering from surgical and procedural interventions in a Monday through Friday unit. Accountable for nursing practice as defined by the Ohio Board of Nursing and delegates tasks to LPNs and UAPs per the Ohio Nurse Practice Act. Delivers care according to department policies and professional standards. As a High Reliability Organization (HRO), responsibilities require focus on safety, quality and efficiency in performing job duties. The job profile provides an overview of responsibilities and duties and is not intended to be an exhaustive list and is subject to change at any time.
Requirements
- Current Registered Nurse license from the State of Ohio and/or current Registered Nurse license in good standing with a multi-state compact state.
- BLS certification
- BLS - Basic Life Support - American Heart Association
- RN - Registered Nurse - Ohio Board of Nursing
Nice To Haves
- BSN required at 5 years of employment
Responsibilities
- Rapid assessment of airway, respiratory status, hemodynamics, neurological recovery, pain, and surgical sites
- Implementation of post-anesthesia interventions, medication administration, and coordination with anesthesia and surgical teams
- Continuous evaluation of patient response and safe progression through recovery phases
- Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care for assigned PACU patients.
- Performs initial, ongoing, and functional health status assessment as applicable to the population and or individual (30%).
- Based on nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems, documents planned nursing interventions to achieve outcomes appropriate to patient needs (30%).
- Evaluates and documents response to nursing interventions and achievement of outcomes at appropriately determined intervals; as part of a multidisciplinary team, revises plan of care based on evaluative data (20%).
- Actively participates in process improvement activities to achieve targeted measures of clinical quality, customer satisfaction, and financial performance (10%).
- Operations (10%).
Benefits
- Great Place to Work CertifiedTM organization
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Career Level
Mid Level
