Registered Nurse-PACU-Days

About the role

The Prep Hold (PACU) Registered Nurse at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas is responsible for providing safe and effective care to patients undergoing invasive or non-invasive procedures or surgeries, including the immediate pre-procedure and post-procedure periods.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes a systemic approach to provide individualized, goal-directed, nursing care by performing comprehensive nursing assessments regarding the health status of the patient, making nursing diagnoses that serve as the basis for the strategy of care, developing a plan of care based on the assessment and diagnosis, implementing care and evaluating the patient's responses to nursing interventions.
• Facilitates departmental operations through completion of all patient logs, charge requisitions and other paperwork, and maintaining required documentation of patient care and unit activities in accordance with standards.
• Organizes activities during the immediate pre-procedure period to ensure that all required assessments are completed and documented fully, and assumes responsibility for the efficient management of the patient in the immediate post-procedure period.
• Communicates information appropriately with medical staff and other members of the healthcare team to promote continuity of care and attainment of patient expected outcomes.
• Analyzes the assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses and identifies expected outcomes that are unique to the patient.
• Safeguards patient rights including informed consent, clarification of patient expectations, explanation of treatment processes, maintenance of confidentiality of patient information, maintenance of patient privacy through prevention of excess exposure during procedures, ethical considerations, handling of patient complaints.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program
• 2 - 4 years related experience

Qualifications

• Current RN licensure in the state of Texas
• BLS certification
• ACLS certification / PALS