Adult PACU 10am 36hr

Responsibilities

• Renders professional nursing care to peri-operative patients including review of patients’ charts, administration of medications, starting IV’s and hanging blood, electrocardiography, venipuncture, catheterization, defibrillation, and other complex or routine treatments as prescribed by physician or as required by patient’s condition.
• Initiates or participates in life-saving procedures to include administering cardio-pulmonary resuscitation as necessary.
• Participates in planning and implementation of nursing care plan for assigned patients.
• Utilizes professional judgment to evaluate appropriateness of planned or prescribed treatment given patient’s current condition; modifies treatment or contacts physician as circumstances require.
• Reviews patient chart assuring pertinent information readily available such as lab reports, and operative permits and assures all pre-operative medications and orders have been carried out.
• Verifies patient’s identity prior to surgical procedure.
• Performs nursing duties according to procedures of area assigned.
• As Assigned to Preoperative holding unit, Performs complete patient assessment in preparation for surgery focusing on physiological and cognitive functions as part of the development of the plan of care for patient.
• Reviews and evaluates pre-admission testing results (labs, EKG’s, etc.) to identify and report all testing results to appropriate medical providers (Surgeons, Anesthesiologists, etc.).
• Conducts interviews and screenings with all patients scheduled for surgical encounter.
• Compiles all relevant medical information necessary for effective evaluation and identify need for further evaluation and/or medical intervention.
• Provides patient/family education for the preoperative patient relevant to the surgical procedure scheduled.
• Affords physical, psycho-social, cultural, spiritual language barriers, age, teaching needs and readiness to learn and involves the appropriate interdisciplinary team in the plan of care.
• Places peripheral IV, orders pre-op protocol order set per policy, and administers any medications needed prior to surgery.
• As assigned to post-anesthesia recovery area, admits post-operative patient, checking for stability of vital signs and notifies anesthesiologist or surgeon as indicated.
• Continually observes patient; monitors vital signs; ventilates and suctions patients; inserts catheters; administers oxygen and the like, according to physician’s instructions and/or professional assessment of patient’s condition.
• Determines when patient’s condition is stable and releases to designated hospital area.
• Maintains records and charts, reporting pertinent information regarding patient’s condition, medication given, treatments administered and so forth.
• Aids in directing, orienting, training, and providing functional guidance to surgical technicians and new nursing personnel as requested.
• Maintains and enhances professional expertise through participation in appropriate educational activities.
• Serves as a role model/preceptor to new graduate nurses and less experienced personnel.
• Assumes charge nurse responsibility for the patient care unit as delegated.

Requirements

• Licensure as Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island by the Rhode Island Board of Nursing or licensure as a Registered Nurse in accordance with the Nurse Licensure Compact agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing preferred.
• Current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Rhode Island or in another state that participates in the Nurse Licensure Compact.
• BLS/ACLS/PALS certified (New hires have 1 year to obtain ACLS/PALS).
• Minimum of 1-year previous adult Critical Care, adult ED, and/or PACU experience required for adult PACU.
• Minimum of 1-year previous pediatric Critical care or pediatric ED experience required for pediatric PACU.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients throughout the life span, with consideration of aging processes, human development stages and cultural patterns in each step of the care process.

Qualifications

• Visual and aural ability to monitor patient status.
• Physical ability to assist in lifting and positioning patients.
• Exposure to patient care environment.
• Physical ability for extensive walking and standing; lifting, positioning, and pushing patients on stretchers.
• On-call shifts, weekend shifts, and holiday shifts as assigned per unit.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

$35.56-$59.99

Schedule

Evening shifts, weekends, and holidays as assigned per unit.