Registered Nurse-Hourly
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| Center Name | Job Title: | Registered Nurse - OR Procedure Room | |||||||
| Reports To: | Center Leader / Charge Nurse | ||||||||
| ESSENTIAL DUTIES, TASKS and RESPONSIBILITIES | FLSA Status: | Non-Exempt | |||||||
| Date Revised: | January 2017 | ||||||||
| ESSENTIAL DUTIES, TASKS and RESPONSIBILITIES | |||||||||
| • | Proactively participates as a team member in support of the total surgical process | ||||||||
| • | Organizes time, equipment, supplies, and personnel to provide effective and efficient case management | ||||||||
| • | Supervises and directs patient care in the operating/procedure room | ||||||||
| • | Organizes nursing activities efficiently and effectively | ||||||||
| • | Delegates activities appropriate to the abilities of available staff members | ||||||||
| • | Considers cost containment by using supplies economically and by managing efficient turnover time | ||||||||
| • | Assists with supplies, drugs, and equipment inventories to maintain stock level and availability | ||||||||
| • | Addresses patient needs specific to the surgical procedure | ||||||||
| • | Transports patients to or from the operating/procedure room, as needed, observing policies, procedures, and safety | ||||||||
| requirements | |||||||||
| • | Using two patient identifiers, identifies the patient and correct procedure, according to policy and procedures, and | ||||||||
| communicates with the healthcare team | |||||||||
| • | Reviews patient’s medical record and needs, to provide continuity of care collaboratively, with other members of the | ||||||||
| healthcare team | |||||||||
| • | Provides comfort and reassurance to patient | ||||||||
| • | Maintains patient’s privacy and dignity | ||||||||
| • | Verifies planned procedure(s) with patient and discusses plan of care | ||||||||
| • | Works collaboratively with the healthcare team to prepare the operating/procedure room according to requirements | ||||||||
| of patient, physician, and procedure, to include but not be limited to, assembling and providing properly functioning | |||||||||
| equipment, supplies, and instruments | |||||||||
| • | Works collaboratively with the surgical/procedure team to verify sterility and/or high level of disinfection of | ||||||||
| instruments and supplies according to policy and procedure | |||||||||
| • | Handles and logs tissue specimens correctly and accurately according to policy and procedures | ||||||||
| • | Works collaboratively with healthcare team to ensure physician preference cards are maintained and updated as | ||||||||
| needed | |||||||||
| • | Ensures the appropriate and safe positioning of the patient according to patient needs and planned procedure and | ||||||||
| monitors throughout procedure | |||||||||
| • | Administers medication(s) per order of physician, documents appropriately | ||||||||
| • | Monitors patient condition and maintains accurate documentation during procedure | ||||||||
| • | Accurately comprehends and interprets physician orders and direction, following policy and procedures | ||||||||
| • | Documents medical records and other forms accurately, legibly and in a timely manner, following policies and | ||||||||
| procedures | |||||||||
| • | Works collaboratively with the healthcare team to ensure safe continuity of patient care according to policy and | ||||||||
| procedures | |||||||||
| • | Confirms proper aseptic and sterile techniques are used according to accepted standards of practice | ||||||||
| • | Monitors and identifies breaks in sterile technique | ||||||||
| • | Verifies correct site, ensure all radiologic images are present, as applicable | ||||||||
| • | Performs time out prior to start of procedure, inflation of tourniquet, or incision | ||||||||
| • | Ensures a correct sponge, needle, sharps, and instrument count (as applicable to the procedure) | ||||||||
| • | Performs the surgical preparation | ||||||||
| • | Performs other miscellaneous duties as assigned | ||||||||