Operating Room Circulator RN Registered Nurse
Company: Vista Surgery Center
Location: Midland
Posted on: January 23, 2023
Job Description:
No weekends, nights, holidays, or on call!
JOB TITLE: Registered Nurse- OR
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: -
The delivery of patient care through the framework of the nursing
process (assessment, diagnosis and patient outcome) in the
preoperative, interoperative and postoperative phase of the
surgical patient.
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SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Supervisor of Clinical Services
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EDUCATION/ EXPERIENCE:
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
- Current Registered Nurse License
- Current American Heart Assn. BLS and ACLS certifications
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KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
- Demonstrates current, comprehensive professional knowledge and
skills in conformance with recognized nursing standards and
department policies including the Patient Bill of Rights and JCAHO
regulations, Standards for Nursing Care and the Nurse Practice
Act.
- Assesses physiological and psychosocial health status of
patient.
- Assesses pain per policy.
- Completes patient history.
- Verbally reports pertinent information to appropriate staff to
provide continuity of care.
- Legibly documents information in patient record and signs
record using appropriate professional title.
- Assesses level of understanding and expectations of
care.
- Identifies desired patient outcomes.
- Establishes nursing diagnosis.
- Establishes patient/family goals that are mutually
acceptable.
- Formulates Plan of Care for the patient.
- Implements nursing care plans tailored to patient/family
needs.
- Demonstrates ability to assess and problem solve.
- Responds to emergencies.
- Practices within legal and ethical guidelines (Nurse Practice
Act, legal statutes, ANA code for Nurses, PRMC Policy and
Procedures.
- Performs nursing actions that demonstrate accountability
(demonstrates flexibility, exercises safe judgment).
- Continually adjusts care plan based on patient/family
data.
- Demonstrates proper preoperative process -
communication/report.
- Demonstrates proper procedure and documentation for surgical
case counting.
- Demonstrates proper aseptic technique.
- Demonstrates efficient turnover time.
- Demonstrates proper technique for obtaining blood
products.
- Demonstrates proper patient identification verification per
policy.
- Demonstrates proper surgical site identification and marking
per policy.
- Anticipates surgeon's needs during surgical procedure.
- Participates in a Profession Nursing Organization. -
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