Registered Nurse Trauma Operating Room PRN

General Summary

This Shock Trauma Operating Room has 9 operating rooms suites. This role is considered the minimum role for all nurses who have greater than 12 months experience.

Principal Responsibilities And Tasks

• Provides and coordinates independent care to patients within a clinical specialty as a fully effective and participative member of the multidisciplinary patient care services team.
• Utilizes the institution’s care delivery and professional practice models as the frame of reference for practicing as a professional nurse.
• Participates in activities to develop own practice, and to support group practice goals at the unit level.
• Is accountable to patient, family and team members for care provided and to the nurse manager for totality of work performance.
• Is accountable to hold to the Service Standards and to the Nursing Mission, Vision and Values.
• Engaged in advancing own practice.
• Responsible for maintaining PARC competencies required for that patient care setting; focus on advancing own professional development.
• Serves as a clinical resource for others.
• Applies and integrates evidence into practice.
• Functions effectively in roles specific to unit, such as arrest team for ICU, triage for ED, etc.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team to plan and coordinate care; independently advocating for patient/family needs.
• Models practice consistent with unit operations to ensure safe, timely effective, efficient, equitable, patient centered care.
• Understands and contributes to unit-based outcomes associated with National Hospital Quality Measures (NDNQI), Nursing Sensitive Quality Indicators, and Facility Annual Operational Plan.
• Contributes to and endorses some or all elements of research/EBP/QI.
• Provides high quality, safe, patient centered care with focus on exceeding service expectations.
• Accounts for compliance with regulatory requirements and holds others accountable; participates in tracer activities when requested.
• Demonstrates the ability to function in the charge nurse role.
• Participates in teambuilding efforts on their unit.
• Contributes to briefings/staff meetings regularly.
• Contributes and participates in unit, Nursing Division, and organizational governance structure.
• Participates in recruitment and retention activities at the unit level.
• Provides feedback in peer review as requested.
• Provides direct performance feedback at the direction of the nurse manager.