Registered Nurse (Memorial Mission Surgery Center) Registry/PRN - First Shift (2520000881)
Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Description: Memorial Healthcare System is at present looking to employ Registered Nurse (Memorial Mission Surgery Center) Registry/PRN - First Shift (2520000881) right now, this occupation will be dwelled in Tennessee. More complete informations about this occupation opportunity kindly read the description below. Job Summary:
Essential Duties:
Selects and prepares appropriate supplies for the pre-operative and post-operative procedure based on the OR Schedule, clinical knowledge, and the physician's plan of care.
Demonstrates a clear understanding of the anesthetic agents and medications used by Anesthesia.
Able to recognize, communicate, delegate, and coordinate management of emergence situations in a rapid and effective manner.
Provide direct and indirect patient care using the nursing process to assess, plan,impleme! nt and evaluate patient requirements as directed by the physic! ian;use medical equipment in accordance with standards;demonstrate continued competence in all facts of ambulatory surgery.
Check next day's schedule, If unfamiliar with the procedure, read up on it. Ensure each patient care area is supplied with necessary supplies and properly functioning equipment.
Accurately and thoroughly completes and reviews the preoperative prior to procedure time to include, identification of patients, completion of consent forms, Review of chart for completeness, Contacts appropriate individuals regarding and abnormalities.
Post Anesthesia Care Unit is proficient in assessing the patient's level of anesthesia emergence in accordance with policies and procedures and ASPAN standards.
Receiving report form OR nurse.
Monitors vital signs and report initial and any abnormalities to Anesthesiologist.
Assesses patient respiratory, cardiovascular, circulatory, and neurological status.
Assess tu! bes, drains, etc. for potency, drainage amount, character, and position.
Observe surgical site for bleeding.
Administers medications safely and accurately.
Executes physician's orders specified while in unit in a timely manner.
Implements patient comfort measures as appropriate.
Documents all observations and nursing care provided.
Prevents cross-contamination through frequent and proper hand washing.
Discharges patient to post-operative area according to physician's orders, patient's condition and standards of care.
collect all soiled and used supplies and take to decontamination area.
Take soiled trash, hazardous waste, and linen to linen/trash room; any hazardous trash will be placed in red bags.
Restock all the patient areas.
Put away all extra supplies.
Additional duties as assigned.
Education:
Current Tennessee RN License
BLS required
Experience:
Minimum of three years ! knowledge and experience in an Recovery Room.
Prefer Ambulatory Surgery experience.
IV therapy skill preferred.
Additional Responsibilities:
Reverence: Having a profound spirit of awe and respect for all creation, shaping relationships to self, to one another and to God and acknowledging that we hold in trust all that has been given to us.
Integrity: Moral wholeness, soundness, uprightness, honesty and sincerity as a basis of trustworthiness.
Compassion: Feeling with others, being one with others in their sorrows and joys, rooted in the sense of solidarity as members of the human community.
Excellence: Outstanding achievement, merit, virtue; continually surpassing standards to achieve/maintain quality.
Shift: Daytime
Scheduled Hours per 2-week Pay Period: 0
Weekends Required: None
Status: PRN
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This occupation will be started on: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 10:12:04 GMT