Acute Care RN - Post Anesthesia Care Unit - FT - Day

About the role

Perioperative nursing is a specialty within the nursing profession that encompasses the care of individuals across the life span who are undergoing a surgical procedure or procedure requiring anesthesia. Perioperative nursing incorporates the pre-procedure care, intraoperative and acute post-operative care. The Perioperative nurse will use a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to patient care. Perioperative nursing can range from routine, elective procedures to highly complex procedures to trauma.

Responsibilities

• Collections pertinent data and information relative to the patient, situation, or setting.
• Analyzes assessment data to determine actual or potential problems, and issues.
• Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient or situation.
• Develops a collaborative plan encompassing strategies to achieve expected outcomes.
• Implements identified plan through coordination of care and employs strategies to promote health and wellness.
• Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes.
• Utilizes Aldrete scoring system in the assessment of post anesthesia recovery.
• Affords appropriate interventions for airway, pain and nausea management.
• Educates patient on post operative discharge instructions.
• Delivers professional nursing care guided by Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring illustrated by creating caring relationships, taking time to have uninterrupted moments with patients and displaying unconditional acceptance and respect.
• Promotes a mutually respectful environment that encourages the exchange of ideas and supports the effectiveness of professional relationships and integrates ethics in all aspects of practice.
• Demonstrates advocacy in all roles and settings.
• Practices Diversity, Equity and Inclusion principles in their daily work by respecting others' uniqueness, perspectives, backgrounds or beliefs.
• Communicates effectively in all areas of professional practice.
• Mentors nurses new to their role for the purpose of ensuring successful enculturation, orientation, competence, and emotional support.
• Supports students to enhance their knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Commits to lifelong learning through critical thinking, self-reflection, and inquiry for personal growth and development.
• Demonstrates willingness to participate and lead nursing practice in process evolution the scope of the Stormont Vail Health professional practice model.
• Utilizes appropriate resources to plan, provide, and sustain evidence-based nursing services that are safe, effective, and financially responsible, and used judiciously.

Requirements

• Education Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree Bachelors of Science: Nursing (BSN).
• Preferred Skills And Abilities: Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to rights of patient/significant other, as identified within the institution. Demonstrates awareness and application of safety issues as identified within the institution. Demonstrates awareness of legal issues in all aspects of patient care and departmental functioning. Strives to manage situations in a manner, which minimizes risk to the patient and the institution. Demonstrates competency in selected psychomotor skills. Demonstrates competency in selected psychomotor skills. Ability to communicate effectively using verbal, non-verbal and written methods. Ability to perform mathematical calculations related to medication administration and equipment calibration. Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Qualifications

• Licenses and Certifications: Registered Nurse - KSBN. A multistate license with the ability to practice within the State of Kansas is also accepted.

Skills

• Registered Nurse - KSBN.
• May be required depending on the department within 90 days of hire date.
• Other RQI's maybe required depending on the department, within 90 days of hire date.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Not specified.

Schedule

First Shift (Days - Less than 12 hours per shift).

What you will do

Collects pertinent data and information relative to the patient, situation, or setting.

Analyzes assessment data to determine actual or potential problems, and issues.

Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient or situation.

Develops a collaborative plan encompassing strategies to achieve expected outcomes.

Implements identified plan through coordination of care and employs strategies to promote health and wellness.

Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes.

Utilizes Aldrete scoring system in the assessment of post anesthesia recovery.

Affords appropriate interventions for airway, pain and nausea management.

Educates patient on post operative discharge instructions.

Delivers professional nursing care guided by Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring illustrated by creating caring relationships, taking time to have uninterrupted moments with patients and displaying unconditional acceptance and respect.

Promotes a mutually respectful environment that encourages the exchange of ideas and supports the effectiveness of professional relationships and integrates ethics in all aspects of practice.

Demonstrates advocacy in all roles and settings.

Practices Diversity, Equity and Inclusion principles in their daily work by respecting others' uniqueness, perspectives, backgrounds or beliefs.

Communicates effectively in all areas of professional practice.

Mentors nurses new to their role for the purpose of ensuring successful enculturation, orientation, competence, and emotional support.

Supports students to enhance their knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Commits to lifelong learning through critical thinking, self-reflection, and inquiry for personal growth and development.

Demonstrates willingness to participate and lead nursing practice in process evolution the scope of the Stormont Vail Health professional practice model.

Utilizes appropriate resources to plan, provide, and sustain evidence-based nursing services that are safe, effective, and financially responsible, and used judiciously.

Required Basic Life Support - BLS

May be required depending on the department within 90 days of hire date.

Other RQI's

May be required depending on the department, within 90 days of hire date.

Physical Demands

• Balancing: Occasionally 1-3 Hours.
• Carrying: Occasionally 1-3 Hours.
• Climbing (Ladders): Occasionally 1-3 Hours.
• Climbing (Stairs): Occasionally 1-3 Hours.
• Crawling: Occasionally 1-3 Hours.
• Crouching: Occasionally 1-3 Hours.
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination: Frequently 3-5 Hours.
• Feeling: Frequently 3-5 Hours.
• Grasping (Fine Motor): Frequently 3-5 Hours.
• Grasping (Gross Hand): Frequently 3-5 Hours.
• Handling: Frequently 3-5 Hours.
• Hearing: Frequently 3-5 Hours.
• Kneeling: Occasionally 1-3 Hours.
• Lifting: Frequently 3-5 Hours up to 50 lbs.
• Pulling: Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 25 lbs.
• Pushing: Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 25 lbs.
• Reaching (Forward): Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 25 lbs.
• Reaching (Overhead): Occasionally 1-3 Hours up to 25 lbs.
• Repetitive Motions: Occasionally 1-3 Hours.
• Sitting: Occasionally 1-3 Hours.
• Standing: Occasionally 1-3 Hours.
• Stooping: Occasionally 1-3 Hours.
• Talking: Occasionally 1-3 Hours.
• Walking: Occasionally 1-3 Hours.

Working Conditions

• Burn: Rarely less than 1 hour.
• Chemical: Rarely less than 1 hour.
• Combative Patients: Occasionally 1-3 Hours.
• Dusts: Rarely less than 1 hour.
• Electrical: Rarely less than 1 hour.
• Explosive: Rarely less than 1 hour.
• Extreme Temperatures: Rarely less than 1 hour.
• Infectious Diseases: Occasionally 1-3 Hours.
• Mechanical: Rarely less than 1 hour.
• Needle Stick: Frequently 3-5 Hours.
• Noise/Sounds: Frequently 3-5 Hours.
• Other Atmospheric Conditions: Rarely less than 1 hour.
• Poor Ventilation, Fumes and/or Gases: Rarely less than 1 hour.
• Radiant Energy: Rarely less than 1 hour.
• Risk of Exposure to Blood and Body Fluids: Occasionally 1-3 Hours.
• Risk of Exposure to Hazardous Drugs: Occasionally 1-3 Hours.
• Hazards (other): Rarely less than 1 hour.
• Vibration: Rarely less than 1 hour.
• Wet and/or Humid: Rarely less than 1 hour.

Stormont Vail is an equal opportunity employer and adheres to the philosophy and practice of providing equal opportunities for all employees and prospective employees, without regard to the following classifications: race, color, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, uniformed service, disability or genetic information. This applies to all aspects of employment practices including hiring, firing, pay, benefits, promotions, lateral movements, job training, and any other terms or conditions of employment. Retaliation is prohibited against any person who files a claim of discrimination, participates in a discrimination investigation, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment act based upon the above classifications.