Registered Nurse - FT (Days)
Location: Tampa Florida
Description: Laser Spine Institute is at present looking to employ Registered Nurse - FT (Days) right now, this vacancy will be placed in Florida. More complete informations about this vacancy opportunity kindly read the description below. Laser Spine Institute ...
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The Registered Nurse is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating patient care throughout the peri-operative process. Responsible for acting as the patient advocate and ensuring safe and effective care. The peri-operative nurse provides planned and highly skilled nursing care for the immediate pre-operative and post-operative patients. Through continuous patient surveillance, allows for early recognition of medical or surgical comp! lications which may arise in any patient. The circulating nurs! e is directly responsible for coordinating intra-operative care of the patient and indirectly responsible through coordination and information sharing of both pre- and post-operative care.
Essential Functions - Duties & Responsibilities:
Tasks may include, but are not limited to the following:
Responsibilities:
Peri-operative Nurse
Performs accurate and complete patient assessments throughout the peri-operative period. Skilled in patient population age-based competencies, to include fluid and nutritional requirements, skin care and body organ status, hearing and sight alterations and limitations, mobility status, comprehension and cognitive skills, temperature, medication vulnerability, healing restrictions and psycho-social needs.
The nurse should be competent in technical skills, to include intravenous therapy, catheterization, artificial ventilation and CPR.
Trains and instructs new personnel
I! ncludes the patient’s care person in the teaching to ensure adequate home care.
Participates in budgetary, marketing, utilization, cost containment and reduction activities.
Practices economy in the use of time, equipment and supplies.
Assists in organizing and developing policies and procedures.
Develops effective communication and interpersonal relationship skills.
Participates in Quality Improvement activities.
Utilizes supervisory chain of command.
Other duties as assigned.
Responsibilities: Circulating Nurse
(all of the above and the following)
Acts as nursing team leader during the procedure.
Assists with pre- and/or post-operative patient assessments, care and teaching.
Helps prepare room every morning. Assists in the preparation and maintenance of the sterile environment.
Assists in the proper preparation of supplies, medication, equipment an! d instrumentation involved in patient care.
Identifies patient! by using at least two identifiers, verbally and by checking ID bracelet and offers a brief explanation of health team members’ roles.
Verifies operative site with pre-op nurse, patient, patient’s care person, consent and physician. Assures correct site is effectively and accurately marked by the physician with patient’s verbal agreement.
Serves as patients’ advocate. Assures patient safety. Maintains environment.
Performs aseptic surgical prep, assists with draping if appropriate.
Maintains a constant vigilance on activities, observing for breaks in aseptic technique or safety practices.
Supervises and participates in sponge, needle and instrument counts as applicable and documents on the operative record.
Keeps supervisor and physician informed of patient’s needs and progress.
Documents activities and care provided. Assess nursing care and goals and patient outcome.
Assists with room clean-u! p, turn-over and stocking, checking OR equipment to include all emergency equipment.
Other duties as may be periodically assigned by senior management.
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications & Requirements:
Associates degree in nursing and graduation from an accredited school of nursing
Minimum of 5 years nursing experience, preferable in peri-operative nursing
Must possess demonstrated communication skills which indicate the ability to be successful at counseling and teaching.
Must display comprehensive and current knowledge of general nursing theory and practice including basic disciplines relating to nursing such as bio-, psycho, social and medical sciences and their application to nursing and patient care.
Adequate understanding of operative procedures, required patient preparations and expected post-operative course.
Must display knowledge of the underlying principles of treatment and ! nursing procedures.
Complete knowledge and understanding of pe! ri-operative nursing care in the freestanding ambulatory surgery unit.
Adequate understanding of a wide variety of medical/surgical pathophysiology and terminology.
Awareness of symptoms and possible complications of surgery and anesthesia and initial treatment and subsequent nursing interventions.
Knowledge should be up-to-date on the actions of all pharmaceuticals and anesthetic agents.
Have a working knowledge of fluid and electrolyte balance.
Must be organized and work efficiently under pressure
Must be patient-focused and compassionate
Must have current ACLS anc CPR
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If you were eligible to this vacancy, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Laser Spine Institute.
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This vacancy starts available on: Thu, ! 12 Dec 2013 17:28:36 GMT