Registered Nurse - Hutchinson, KS, United States - Summit Medical Management, LLC

Description

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Are you a caring and experienced Registered Nurse looking for a role that makes a difference, especially during nighttime? Our orthopedic hospital is seeking a compassionate Night Shift Registered Nurse to join our dedicated team.

As a Night Shift RN, you'll provide critical care and support to patients during the nighttime hours, ensuring their comfort and well-being.

If you're passionate about helping others, thrive in a nighttime work environment, and want to be part of a supportive healthcare team, we encourage you to apply and become an integral part of our commitment to delivering exceptional orthopedic care around the clock.

At The Summit, we're not just building careers; we're building a legacy in orthopedic excellence. Join us in shaping the future of orthopedic care in Kansas—and beyond.

Provides direct patient care to pediatric through geriatric patient populations.
Addresses the psychosocial, physical, and general aspects of care related to the surgical environment.
Adapts nursing procedures to meet the needs for treatment of various types of patients
Counts narcotics at the beginning and end of each day with another nurse, per policy.
Coordinates and supervises patient care
Provides education to patient and family regarding care
Ability to create documentation that meets current standards, policies and procedures and in a timely manner
Provides innovative input into the development of the hospital environments and its processes
Participates in facility performance improvement activities
Creates and maintains policy and procedures to State and Federal regulations
Maintains policy and procedures in relation to hospital/ clinic regulations
Specific Nursing Roles at Summit Surgical
Provides direct and indirect patient care in the medical-surgical setting. Communicates with physicians, nursing management, and coworkers as appropriate about changes in patient's clinical condition. Checks medical records for requirements of completeness prior to surgery. Obtains documents and assesses vital signs preoperatively.

Position Summary:
Responsible for monitoring patient's physiological status in the immediate preoperative environment. Demonstrates knowledge of perioperative factors that alter immediate postoperative phase.
Obtains documents and assesses the vital signs every ten (10) minutes during phase 1 recovery.
One year of ICU or PACU experience

Addresses and promotes the physical and mental health of patients by utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation.

Effectively interacts with patients, significant others, and providers while maintaining standards of professional nursing.

Assess operating room for equipment functioning and readiness, obtains supplies for individual cases, and ensures all needs of surgical operating team are met.

Preps patients for procedures correctly and per policy
Appropriately & safely positions patients while under care
Prepares and cleans operating room suites before and after cases
Ensures required pre-op information is available before patient is taken to surgery
One (1) year of work experience in the operating room preferred

Minimum of one (1) year work experience
Maintains regulatory requirements and completes annual education requirements
Can interface with computers effectively
Ability to perform lab testing per lab policies and procedures
Knowledge of storage, care and use of each specific cartridge
Knowledge of quality control testing monthly or with each new shipment and proficiency test