RN, Registered Nurse - General Surgery Pre-Operative

Description

Summary :

This position is for a Pre-Op / PACU nurse andyou will be required to float within the GI, Surgery and PainProcedure Departments.

The competent Nurse, in the same orsimilar clinical setting, practices independently and demonstratesan awareness of all relevant aspects of a situation.

Providesroutine and complex care, with the ability to on long-range goalsor plans. Continues to develop the ability to cope with and managecontingencies of clinical nursing.

Makes appropriate assignmentsand delegates to other care providers as a means to help manage theclinical situation.

Responsibilities :

• Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUSCompetencies : Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader ofLeaders.
• Consistent with the ANA Scope andStandards of Practice, provides nursing care utilizing the nursingprocess, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, interventionand evaluation for assigned patients.
• Addresses increasingly complex psychological, emotional, cultural,and social needs of patient and families in accordance with theirlevel of practice.
• Using the appropriate protocol,administers medications and treatments; monitors for side-effectsand effectiveness of the treatment prescribed.
• Documents patient history, symptoms, medication, and caregiven.
• Assess learning needs and provides educationto patients, family members and / or care givers; identify issues andresources.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Standard I : Utilizes the Nursing Process

• Usescritical thinking skills to assess the basic physical,psychosocial, social, cultural, spiritual, and development needs ofpatient and families
• Communicates findings toappropriate healthcare team members
• Develops and usesa specific plan of care and modifies it to meet individual patientneeds using evidence-based practice
• Implements patientcare and therapeutic procedures; monitors and documents progressionof treatment and teaching goals
• Evaluates the care andtreatment(s) provided to the patient and the patient response tothe care and treatment(s)
• Performs timely reassessmentand documentation
• Must be able to performunit-specific competencies based on the specific patient care needfor the designated unit's patient population

Standard II. Patient Throughput & Patient FlowProcess

• Anticipates and plans foradmission / discharge / transfer needs to facilitate patient flow
• Utilizes appropriate systems of communication and tools tofacilitate the discharge process
• Coaches on tools andtechniques for checking, cross checking and validating orders toensure accuracy

Standard III. UnitOperations

• Plans, directs, and evaluates the overallnursing care and functions in a particular nursing unit during anassigned shift
• Demonstrates good stewardship in properuse and maintenance of equipment and Supplies
• Assessesdepartmental staffing needs; actively participates in resourcingefforts.
• Educates and trains others on theoperations, ethics, and regulations within the industry

Standard IV. Safe Practice / QualityCare / Regulations

• Incorporates patient safetypractices / guidelines to promote a safe environment resulting inpositive patient outcomes
• Demonstrates accountabilityfor nursing research and quality improvement activities
• Provides evidence-based nursing care
• Communicates patient information effectively across the continuumof care
• Educates and trains others on the operations,ethics, and regulations within the industry
• Knowledgeof federal, state and local healthcare-related laws andregulations; ability to comply with these in healthcare practicesand activities

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

Clinical Policies and Standards

• Follows aspecific set of standards and associated clinical procedures
• Analyzes policy and standards documentation and ensuresorganizational compliance
• Provides feedback forimprovement of procedures
• Assists in the developmentand implementation of specific procedures
• Works withcontrol and monitoring mechanisms, tools and techniques

Health Information Documentation

• Shares experiences with maintaining paper and electronic patientdocumentation
• Walk through the steps and proceduresfor receiving, validating and updating patient records
• Describes the flow of information between various stations orunits
• Discusses the functions, features and documentflow of electronic documentation
• Transcribes verbalorders; explains techniques for ensuring their accuracy
• Explains health information documentation best practices andtheir rationale across health care practices

Medical Equipment

• Describes experience with basicmedical equipment used in own unit or facility
• Usesstandard diagnostic tools and techniques to resolves commonequipment problems
• Educates patients about theappropriate use of home medical equipment
• Ensures thatall equipment and related supplies are in proper working orderprior to use to ensure patient safety
• Inspects,troubleshoots and evaluates incoming equipment

Medical Order Processing

• Shares experiences withprocessing medical orders for one or more groups of patients orconditions
• Describes functions and features of thesystem used to enter, validate, update and forward medicalorders
• Discusses common errors, their sources andprocedures for correcting
• Explains considerations forentering and following standing orders
• Differentiatesbetween standing orders and preprinted orders and considerationsfor each

Patient Chart Reading andInterpretation

• Describes experiences in reading andinterpreting patient charts for patients on unit and under owncare
• Reviews patients’ charts for completion andaccuracy; identifies and alerts to mistakes or omissions
• Recognizes unexpected readings and alerts nursing or medicalstaff
• Relates examples of mis-readings ormisinterpretations and lessons learned
• Reviews,discusses and validates own interpretation with others

Patient Safety

• Shares experienceswith ensuring safety for one or more patient groups orsettings
• Explains key features of safety guidelinesand procedures for those groups and settings
• Listensand responds to safety inquiries from patients and familymembers
• Recognizes and addresses physiological andpsychological signs of problems
• Describesconsiderations for patients who can cause to harm to self, versusharm to others
• Utilizes appropriate systems todocument misses and near misses, participates in immediateinvestigating, analysis and reporting in real-time

Requirements :

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing,preferred
• 1 year of experience in the relatednursing specialty preferred
• BLSrequired
• RN License in state of employment orcompact

WorkType : FullTime

FullTime

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