RN - Pre-Op - PRN - AVALA Hospital - RH504
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real content. The posting includes summary, essential duties, core competencies, professional requirements, advanced orthopedic certification requirements, regulatory requirements, language skills, physical demands. We need to map these to appropriate headings.
We should not repeat job title. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate.
We need to preserve all substantive info. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to decide sections: maybe "About the role" (summary), "Responsibilities" (essential duties and responsibilities), "Requirements" (professional requirements, regulatory requirements, advanced orthopedic certification requirements?), "Qualifications" (maybe language skills, physical demands?), "Skills" (core competencies?), "Benefits", "Pay", "Schedule" only if present. The posting does not mention benefits, pay, schedule. So we should not include those sections.
Thus we will have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. Possibly also "Certification Requirements" but we can fold into Requirements.
We need to ensure we don't create empty sections.
Let's extract content.
Summary: "Provides care in the preoperative setting directed towards meeting the psychosocial and physical needs of the surgical patient. Communicates with the physicians about the patient’s clinical condition regarding the planned surgical procedure. Care given reflects initiative and responsibility indicative of professional expectations. Utilizes initiative, is a self-starter and strives to maintain steady level of productivity. Is compatible, supportive, and a team player. Communicates on behalf of the patient (patient advocate); care provided reflects the mission, ethics and goals of the facility, as well as the focus statement of the department."
We'll put that in
under About the role.
Responsibilities: Essential Duties And Responsibilities block. That's a long list. We'll turn each sentence into
- maybe grouping similar. We'll preserve all info.
We need to avoid duplication: there are repeated phrases like "Utilizes initiative; strives to maintain steady level of productivity; a self-starter; compatible and supportive; a team player." appears twice. We should keep only once? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." Duplicated lines: we should remove duplicated lines. So we need to deduplicate identical sentences. Let's identify duplicates.
List of duties (I'll copy):
- Ability to perform a thorough medical history, obtain medication history and give preoperative instructions while utilizing the electronic medical record for all patient populations and per facility policy.
- Ability to follow-up on orders for all surgeons and to follow up on orders per Anesthesia Guidelines.
- Makes decisions reflecting knowledge of facts, knowledge of diseases/surgical conditions, care required and good judgment.
- Identifies physical/mental problems of patient, reports changes to surgeon/anesthesiologist, and initiates appropriate actions.
- Performance reflects knowledge in all areas of care specific to pre-op area.
- Organizes and manages nursing activities with respect for the needs of the patient and their families and the needs of the hospital and staff.
- Identifies and addresses psychosocial needs of patients and family.
- Manages and operates equipment safely and correctly.
- Assures pre-op interview rooms are equipped with all anticipated supplies, instruments, and equipment for all procedures.
- Assists co-workers as needed.
- Utilizes initiative; strives to maintain steady level of productivity; a self-starter; compatible and supportive; a team player.
- Knowledge of medications and correct documentation of same.
- Able to instruct patient on what medications to take pre-operatively.
- Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
- Ability to formulate an individualized plan of care, as indicated, and evaluates for effectiveness.
- Formulates a teaching plan, based on identified patient learning needs, and evaluates effectiveness of learning; family is included in teaching, as appropriate, from pre-op to discharge.
- Provides patient with explanations and verbal reassurance consistently.
- Utilizes Universal Protocol (i.e. identifies patient using 2 identifiers and verifies procedure with patient).
- Ensures completion of documentation including but not limited to, H/P, consents, hand off communication tool, pre-op clearance, surgery preadmission history and assessment medication reconciliation form, allergies, and preoperative instructions.
- Able to perform 12 Lead EKG.
- Able to recognize and follow up appropriately if further attention is needed.
- Able to perform waived or moderate complexity testing per clinical laboratory and unit policy and procedure.
- Able to interpret results of lab testing and take appropriate action on waived test results.
- Coordinates and supervises preoperative patient care.
- Communicates appropriately and clearly to departmental charge nurse or outpatient director, co-workers and physicians.
- Demonstrates an ability to be flexible, organized, and functions under stressful situations.
- Treats patients and their families with respect and dignity, maintains an environment that provides the patient and family with feelings of safety and security, practices good guest relations.
- Maintains a good working relationship and effective communication both within the department and with other departments for the benefit of the patient.
- Consults with other departments as needed to provide for an interdisciplinary approach to the patient’s needs.
- Meets current documentation standards and policies and completes within the shift.
- Charge Nurse Responsibilities
- Makes daily patient assignments, monitors the surgery schedule and daily unit progress, reports changes to involved departments.
- Supports/oversees unit staff and monitors staffing efficiency.
- Staff's unit according to nursing standards.
- Supervises staff to ensure quality of nursing care, delegates’ specific duties and tasks.
- Monitors daily time sheets.
- Provides and controls supplies, and equipment needed for successful operation of the department.
- Directs and delegates control of inventories to ensure proper amounts available.
- Supervises care and cleanliness of equipment and supplies to ensure good working conditions.
- Effectively communicates pertinent issues to supervisor.
- Provides orientation to new staff members.
- Assists in the evaluation process.
- Promotes the hospital’s mission, values and goals.
- Utilizes initiative, strives to maintain a steady level of productivity, completes assigned projects by due date.
- Knowledgeable of lab procedures and laboratory equipment.
- Participates in QA/PI activities, communicates results to staff.
- Completes duties as assigned by Nurse Manager.
Then after that: Core Competencies list (Action Orientation, Communications, Creativity/Innovation, Critical Judgment, Customer Orientation, Interpersonal Skills, Leadership, Teamwork). Then Professional Requirements list (Meets dress code standards..., Completes annual education requirements..., Maintains regulatory requirements..., Maintains patient confidentiality..., Reports to work on time..., Wears identification..., Completes in-services..., Attends annual review..., Attends scheduled staff meetings..., Represents the organization..., Actively participates in performance improvement..., Complies with all organizational policies..., Communicates the mission..., Promotes professional growth..., Utilizes journals..., Assists other staff members...). Then Advanced Orthopedic And Spine Certification Requirements (CR.1c) etc. Then Regulatory Requirements (Graduate of an accredited school of nursing, Current registered nurse licensure in the state of Louisiana, Two years nursing experience preferred, Current BLS certification). Then Language Skills (Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing. Basic computer knowledge.) Then Physical Demands (The physical demands described here are representative...). Also there is a line: "While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires repetitive motions, standing, walking, bending, kneeling and stooping all day. The employee must frequently lift or move items weighing over 100 pounds."
We need to decide sections.
Probably:
- About the role: summary paragraph.
- Responsibilities: Essential Duties And Responsibilities + Charge Nurse Responsibilities (maybe combine). We'll list as
- each duty.
- Requirements: could include Regulatory Requirements (education, licensure, experience, BLS) plus Professional Requirements (dress code, education, confidentiality, etc.) plus Advanced Orthopedic Certification Requirements. Might be too many but we can combine.
- Qualifications: maybe Language Skills and Physical Demands? Or Skills: Core Competencies.
Better: Use headings as per typical job posting: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to map content:
- About the role: summary.
- Responsibilities: essential duties + charge nurse responsibilities.
- Requirements: regulatory requirements (education, licensure, experience, BLS) + professional requirements (dress code, annual education, confidentiality, punctuality, identification, in-services, staff meetings, representation, performance improvement, policy compliance, mission communication, professional growth, journals). Also advanced orthopedic certification requirements (education hours, adaptability, orientation, compliance, department specific competencies). Might be considered requirements.
- Qualifications: maybe language skills and physical demands? Or we could treat language skills as Qualifications, physical demands as Qualifications.
- Skills: core competencies list.
We must avoid creating sections with placeholder text like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to ensure we don't create empty sections.
Let's craft HTML.
We'll start with
About the role
then summary.
Then
Responsibilities
then with - items.
We need to deduplicate duplicates: The phrase "Utilizes initiative; strives to maintain steady level of productivity; a self-starter; compatible and supportive; a team player." appears in duties and also under Charge Nurse Responsibilities (Utilizes initiative, strives to maintain a steady level of productivity, completes assigned projects by due date). Slightly different but similar. We'll keep both as they are not identical. The earlier one is exactly same phrase; later one is "Utilizes initiative, strives to maintain a steady level of productivity, completes assigned projects by due date." Not identical, but similar. We'll keep both.
Also "Promotes the hospital’s mission, values and goals." appears in duties and also under Charge Nurse Responsibilities. Duplicate? In duties: "Promotes the hospital’s mission, values and goals." appears under Charge Nurse Responsibilities list. Actually earlier in duties: I see "Promotes the hospital’s mission, values and goals." appears under Charge Nurse Responsibilities only. Not earlier. So fine.
Now we need to list all duties items. Let's compile list from the duties block (excluding the repeated phrase duplicate). We'll produce items.
I'll list them:
1. Ability to perform a thorough medical history, obtain medication history and give preoperative instructions while utilizing the electronic medical record for all patient populations and per facility policy.
2. Ability to follow-up on orders for all surgeons and to follow up on orders per Anesthesia Guidelines.
3. Makes decisions reflecting knowledge of facts, knowledge of diseases/surgical conditions, care required and good judgment.
4. Identifies physical/mental problems of patient, reports changes to surgeon/anesthesiologist, and initiates appropriate actions.
5. Performance reflects knowledge in all areas of care specific to pre-op area.
6. Organizes and manages nursing activities with respect for the needs of the patient and their families and the needs of the hospital and staff.
7. Identifies and addresses psychosocial needs of patients and family.
8. Manages and operates equipment safely and correctly.
9. Assures pre-op interview rooms are equipped with all anticipated supplies, instruments, and equipment for all procedures.
10. Assists co-workers as needed.
11. Utilizes initiative; strives to maintain steady level of productivity; a self-starter; compatible and supportive; a team player.
12. Knowledge of medications and correct documentation of same.
13. Able to instruct patient on what medications to take pre-operatively.
14. Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
15. Ability to formulate an individualized plan of care, as indicated, and evaluates for effectiveness.
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for prose. We need to decide sections: maybe "About the role" (summary), "Responsibilities" (essential duties and responsibilities), "Requirements" (professional requirements, regulatory requirements, advanced orthopedic certification requirements?), "Qualifications" (maybe language skills, physical demands?), "Skills" (core competencies?), "Benefits", "Pay", "Schedule" only if present. The posting does not mention benefits, pay, schedule. So we should not include those sections. Thus we will have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. Possibly also "Certification Requirements" but we can fold into Requirements. We need to ensure we don't create empty sections. Let's extract content. Summary: "Provides care in the preoperative setting directed towards meeting the psychosocial and physical needs of the surgical patient. Communicates with the physicians about the patient’s clinical condition regarding the planned surgical procedure. Care given reflects initiative and responsibility indicative of professional expectations. Utilizes initiative, is a self-starter and strives to maintain steady level of productivity. Is compatible, supportive, and a team player. Communicates on behalf of the patient (patient advocate); care provided reflects the mission, ethics and goals of the facility, as well as the focus statement of the department." We'll put that in
under About the role. Responsibilities: Essential Duties And Responsibilities block. That's a long list. We'll turn each sentence into
- each duty.
- Requirements: could include Regulatory Requirements (education, licensure, experience, BLS) plus Professional Requirements (dress code, education, confidentiality, etc.) plus Advanced Orthopedic Certification Requirements. Might be too many but we can combine.
- Qualifications: maybe Language Skills and Physical Demands? Or Skills: Core Competencies.
Better: Use headings as per typical job posting: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We need to map content:
- About the role: summary.
- Responsibilities: essential duties + charge nurse responsibilities.
- Requirements: regulatory requirements (education, licensure, experience, BLS) + professional requirements (dress code, annual education, confidentiality, punctuality, identification, in-services, staff meetings, representation, performance improvement, policy compliance, mission communication, professional growth, journals). Also advanced orthopedic certification requirements (education hours, adaptability, orientation, compliance, department specific competencies). Might be considered requirements.
- Qualifications: maybe language skills and physical demands? Or we could treat language skills as Qualifications, physical demands as Qualifications.
- Skills: core competencies list.
We must avoid creating sections with placeholder text like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to ensure we don't create empty sections.
Let's craft HTML.
We'll start with
About the role
thensummary. Then
Responsibilities
then- with
- items. We need to deduplicate duplicates: The phrase "Utilizes initiative; strives to maintain steady level of productivity; a self-starter; compatible and supportive; a team player." appears in duties and also under Charge Nurse Responsibilities (Utilizes initiative, strives to maintain a steady level of productivity, completes assigned projects by due date). Slightly different but similar. We'll keep both as they are not identical. The earlier one is exactly same phrase; later one is "Utilizes initiative, strives to maintain a steady level of productivity, completes assigned projects by due date." Not identical, but similar. We'll keep both. Also "Promotes the hospital’s mission, values and goals." appears in duties and also under Charge Nurse Responsibilities. Duplicate? In duties: "Promotes the hospital’s mission, values and goals." appears under Charge Nurse Responsibilities list. Actually earlier in duties: I see "Promotes the hospital’s mission, values and goals." appears under Charge Nurse Responsibilities only. Not earlier. So fine. Now we need to list all duties items. Let's compile list from the duties block (excluding the repeated phrase duplicate). We'll produce items. I'll list them: 1. Ability to perform a thorough medical history, obtain medication history and give preoperative instructions while utilizing the electronic medical record for all patient populations and per facility policy. 2. Ability to follow-up on orders for all surgeons and to follow up on orders per Anesthesia Guidelines. 3. Makes decisions reflecting knowledge of facts, knowledge of diseases/surgical conditions, care required and good judgment. 4. Identifies physical/mental problems of patient, reports changes to surgeon/anesthesiologist, and initiates appropriate actions. 5. Performance reflects knowledge in all areas of care specific to pre-op area. 6. Organizes and manages nursing activities with respect for the needs of the patient and their families and the needs of the hospital and staff. 7. Identifies and addresses psychosocial needs of patients and family. 8. Manages and operates equipment safely and correctly. 9. Assures pre-op interview rooms are equipped with all anticipated supplies, instruments, and equipment for all procedures. 10. Assists co-workers as needed. 11. Utilizes initiative; strives to maintain steady level of productivity; a self-starter; compatible and supportive; a team player. 12. Knowledge of medications and correct documentation of same. 13. Able to instruct patient on what medications to take pre-operatively. 14. Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors. 15. Ability to formulate an individualized plan of care, as indicated, and evaluates for effectiveness. 1