Registered Nurse Per Diem Pre-Anesthesia Testing

About the Role

Coordinates patient care planning with other disciplines utilizing the principles of the nursing process and critical thinking skills to maintain patient safety and well-being.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care, evaluates outcomes, consults with other specialists as required, and adjusts nursing care processes to ensure safe patient care.
• Writes or obtains initial nursing histories, assesses patients' conditions, and develops individual care plans; maintains patient documentation.
• Receives and reviews preceding shift reports and floor nurse reports; makes complete rounds of all units and notes patients' condition.
• Notifies appropriate physician regarding any unusual or unexpected events or problems requiring direct physician consultation.
• Works with other members of the interdisciplinary patient care team to implement and reinforce patient instructional needs with patients and families, offering informational material and highlighting special areas of concern.
• Evaluates outcomes of patient care, consults with other specialists as needed, and adjusts nursing care processes to ensure optimal patient care.
• Identifies and resolves workplace health and safety issues.
• Provides appropriate, direct patient care utilizing aseptic techniques.
• May manage IV lines, ensure sterile techniques are adhered to, and oversee patient movement and positioning to ensure medically safe handling.
• May perform the administration of pharmacological vasodilator medications for nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging; complies with examination competency as defined in the Imaging Services Practice Standards.
• Complies with policies, procedures, regulations, and standards and takes corrective action when violations occur.
• Orients, instructs, and educates assigned personnel.
• Adheres to and supports team members in exhibiting organizational values of integrity, community, compassion, and dedication.
• Adheres to organizational and department-specific safety, confidentiality, values, policies, and standards.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Current RN licensure permitting work in the State of Arizona.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Additional certification may be required per department.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Experience: One (1) year of nursing experience in an acute care setting preferred. (Positions assigned to EP require two (2) years of EP experience or demonstrated competency in all areas of EP Lab procedures).

Skills

• Knowledge of direct patient care and critical care procedures and techniques, tools, and responses required to ensure optimal patient care.
• Knowledge of exam indicators, contraindications, and patient preparation.
• Skill in communicating clearly and concisely with staff involved in critical care and physicians to ensure proper patient care.
• Skill in reading 12-lead EKG.
• Skill demonstrated in assigned disciplines such as EP, directly involved in patient care.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to complete routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to listen and accurately interpret others’ communication or instructions to take appropriate action.
• Ability to speak and communicate effectively.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions and deal with abstract and concrete variables.