- Serves as a role model/resource for other team members and exhibits flexibility and adaptability to change in department practices.
- Identifies strengths and development needs of self.
- Identifies active/potential problems and seeks appropriate solutions to those problems, and assumes responsibility and accountability for "judgments" and actions.
- Appearance consistently complies with department policy.
- Participates in orientation and training of new personnel.
- Utilizes work time productively.
- Willingness to cover varying shifts as requested.
- Assessments and interventions are accurately and legibly recorded, timed, dated and signature affixed.
- Identified patient problems are documented in appropriate nurses note form.
- Changes in patient status are reported immediately to anesthesia, attending physician, Surgeon, and Radiologist that results in appropriate medical intervention.
- Documentation reflects implementation of the nursing process in PAC U.
- Nursing interventions meet standards and result in no injury or harm to patients.
- Develops, documents, implements and revises plan of care that meets patient's current needs and results in appropriate nursing interventions.
- Reviews and carries out a discharge plan for teaching self care required to outpatients and/or family members.
- Documents patient's responses to interventions.
- Orients new personnel as assigned to policies and procedures, resulting in no errors on part of orientee during probationary period.
- Promotes and maintains a comfortable and therapeutic environment.
- Provides pain control and other comfort measures.
- Demonstrates appropriate critical thinking and clinical judgment which promotes optimal outcomes.
- Supervises and delegates duties to the Patient C are Techs, Patient Escorts and the Unit C lerks as needed to promote optimum patient care.
- Ensures use of a complete and systematic approach to hand-off process and transfer of care.
- Maintains patient rights and dignity.
- Clinical competency checklist is maintained and completed prior to annual evaluation.
- Attends 80% of continuing education programs offered within the department.
- Assumes responsibility for maintaining a safe work environment that promotes patient care activities.
- Complies with and enforces relevant hospital/departmental policies and procedures.
- Participates in professional development / continuing education.
- Maintains personal accountability for professional competency.
- Completes assignments within allotted time frames that reflect appropriate priority setting.
- Priorities established and implemented result in no delay to appropriate intervention.
- Able to problem-solve independently seeking assistance appropriately.
- Utilizes equipment and supplies as intended resulting in cost containment.
- Identifies co-workers' needs for assistance and responds appropriately.
- Consults, collaborates and cooperates with peers and other healthcare providers to improve quality, effectiveness and efficiency of patient care.
- Performs all other duties as assigned.
- Attends and participates in staff meetings.
- Participates in discussion of Quality Improvement Measures.
- Successfully completes all hospital and unit-based required education courses as scheduled.
- Adheres to attendance and tardiness policy.
- Participates in unit based and hospital Performance Improvement efforts and data collection as directed.
- Current AC LS is required.
- Current C PR/BLS is required.
- Current RN licensure in the State of Maryland.
- Hospital certification in Defibrillation, IV insertion blood glucose monitoring (Accucheck).
- Knowledge of anesthesia drugs and patient-expected response.
- Recent PACU experience or one year critical care experience, or two years Telemetry experience plus must attend Critical Care course given at an accredited institution.
- RN graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
- Concentrates on moderate to fine detail for extended periods of time with irregular telephone and other interruptions.
- Engages in frequent verbal and written communication using acceptable medical terminology.
- Must be able to function in an environment where background noises are a usual occurrence.
- Remembers schedules, tasks to be completed, where activities left off, etc.
- Routinely lifts objects over 50 lbs with good body mechanics.
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Description
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Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the care of the immediate post-anesthetic/post-operative patient. Accurate and complete documentation, reflecting implementation of the nursing process.
Role Specific Competencies
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2. Adheres to professionalism standards.
4. Delivers quality nursing care to surgical patients during the immediate post-anesthesia phase that is consistent with published standards for nursing practice.
6. Knowledge and skill levels are maintained to ensure clinical competency that ensures safe patient care.
