ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY
*** SIGN-ON BONUS *** $15,000
** LRP Options
* Starting Hourly rate: $33 to $52
POSITION SUMMARY
Responsible for providing nursing care to pre-operative and post-operative patients involving standardized procedures requiring knowledge and consideration of specific patient conditions and treatments. Provides nursing care in the various clinical areas, which require the full range of professional nursing proficiency from admission through discharge planning. This includes assessing the needs of patients with a wide variety of illnesses, administering medication, operating special equipment, and responding appropriately to emergency situations. Follows guidelines that include doctor’s orders, standards of care, nursing policies and procedures manuals, and hospital policies.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Interviews, assesses, and observes surgery patients during post-operative phase.
- Initiates treatments, medications, emergency and resuscitative measures based on appropriate utilization of physicians' pre- and post-op orders, standing orders and post anesthesia protocol.
- Monitors patients having surgical procedure under local anesthesia by assessing cardiopulmonary, respiratory and hemodynamic status and pain levels. Responsible for independent management of patients undergoing local anesthesia.
- Records observations, nursing interventions, therapeutic measures, and other data relevant to surgical patients.
- Develops individualized patient care plans or participates in patient care planning which involves the assessment and evaluation of patient needs, a determination of the nursing procedures and practices to be included; and periodic evaluation of plans to ensure that intended results are being achieved.
- Carries out treatments and emergency or other procedures required; administers medications; observes and documents patient’s conditions, changes and reactions to medications and medical treatment.
- Utilizes the AORN Standards of Care to develop, implement, evaluate nursing plan of care for the post-operative patient.
- Maintains professional knowledge and proficiency in nursing through continuing education, staff meetings, workshops and serving on nursing committees.
- Provides counseling and teaching to patients and families or surrogates on preventive, curative and rehabilitative measures involved in health care.
- Knowledge of normal growth, development and life cycle changes. This also includes knowledge of the physical, psychosocial and behavioral characteristics of the group for which care is provided.
- Knowledge of assessment practices related to pain management and various treatment modalities of pain relief.
- Knowledge of pharmaceuticals in order to recognize the desired effects, side effects and complications on their use.
- Ability to recognize adverse signs and symptoms which are not always apparent and to react promptly in emergency situations including the implementation of life saving procedures.
- Knowledge of human behavior during stressful situations in order to exercise emotional control, tact, patience and reliability in carrying out patient care.
- Responsible for electronic health records data entry pertinent to patient service role.
- Ensure proper PPE is always worn while on duty including but not limited to, face mask, gloves, gown, isolation gown, NIOSH-approved N95 filtering facepiece respirator or higher, if available), and eye or face shield.
- Complete all donning and doffing tasks in a safe acceptable method and discard of used PPE accordingly. (see CDC website for most current updates)
- Complete task training for all routine cleaning and decontamination processes for all surfaces contaminated by a communicable disease to ensure a high level of patient, visitor, employee and external customer satisfaction.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
MENTAL AND PHYSICAL EFFORT
The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical:
Work requires prolong periods walking, standing, talking or hearing, pushing/pulling, reaching with hands and arms, and using hands to finger, handle, or feel. Agility and the ability to lift, pull and bend are required to move patients to and from beds, wheelchairs, stretchers, et cetera, and in moving equipment and medical supplies. Work requires extensive ability to sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and taste or smell. This position requires that weight be lifted, or force be exerted up to 100 lbs. at times. Must have close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. This position requires repetitive motion of both feet occasionally. It also requires prolonged repetitive motion actions of both hands in grasping simple/light and fine dexterity. It does require extension repetitive motion actions of both hands in grasping firm/heavy. The position requires the ability to hear alarms on equipment, client calls, instructions from physician/department staff; and, overhead pages on a loudspeaker.
Mental:
Contacts often require tact and sensitivity as those related to stressful situation such as death, dying, and catastrophic illnesses. Must be able to prioritize and use good judgment. Must be able to coordinate a variety of issues while being frequently interrupted.
Environmental:
This job requires exposure to the following environmental conditions: extensive and prolonged exposure to fumes or airborne particles and infectious diseases; intermittent exposure to: wet, humid conditions (non-weather); work near moving mechanical parts; toxic or caustic chemicals; outdoor weather conditions; extreme cold (non-weather); extreme heat (non-weather); risk of electrical shock; risk of radiation; and, vibration. The noise level is typically moderate.
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