Pre-Op PACU RN
6 months ago
- Assess patients/significant others understanding of disease process and need for surgical intervention.
- Performs pre/post operative teaching to patient/significant other.
- Demonstrates appropriate nursing management and intervention preoperatively and postoperatively.
- Assess the patient for level of recovery from anesthesia.
- Provides effective airway management postoperatively.
- Assesses and manages post operative complication, such as nausea and vomiting.
- Provides would assessment and management to ensure uncomplicated would healing.
- Provides safe medication administration.
- Manages patient complications/emergencies preoperatively and postoperatively.
- Manages and documents controlled substance inventory.
- Utilizes aseptic technique and infection control principles to establish and maintain intravenous access.
- Reports significant patient information to medical staff appropriately.
- Demonstrates knowledge and skill in caring for the latex sensitive patient.
- Initiates and follows procedures protocol.
- Demonstrates appropriate care for the patient experiencing pain.
- Demonstrates techniques to relieve patient’s pain and evaluates the effectiveness of the techniques used.
- Documents patient response during postoperative period.
- Facilitates actions and activities that support accountability to practice.
- Identifies and initiates problem resolution.
- Actively participates, develops, and implements activities and measures promoting quality care.
- Demonstrates knowledge of medical record policy and procedure in management of patient information.
- Participates in medical records QAPI.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND SUCCESS INDICATORS:
- Listens carefully, gives feedback directly, honestly and talks with others to clarify differences.
- Utilizes translation services when needed.
- Utilizes appropriate services when needed to communicate with employees and patients with speech and hearing disorders.
- Effectively communicates and interacts with patients, their family, and other external and internal clients (including fellow employees) from diverse backgrounds.
- Demonstrates a willingness to look at new ideas and work in a changing environment.
- Understand, verbalizes, and participates in the quality improvement process.
- Supports initiatives designed to improve individual and organizational performance.
- Provide appropriate patient care across the age span.
- Identifies and reports suspected child, spousal/partner and elder abuse per protocol.
- Current California RN license required.
- Associate’s degree in nursing required. Bachelor’s preferred.
- Minimum 2-5 years of clinical experience with an emphasis in PACU, surgery, or ER required.
- Current BLS and ACLS and PALS required.
- Knowledge of regulatory standards.
- Interpersonal, critical thinking skills.
- Working knowledge of telephone, fax, and patient monitoring equipment.
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