- Utilizes assessment skills and tools to identify problems, needs and intervention.
- Recognizes patients and family's need for instructions and initiates appropriate action.
- Sets priorities for action, based on problem-solving process, common sense, and meeting patient care priorities.
- Recognizes and responds appropriately to signs and symptoms of health threatening changes and reports abnormal results of diagnostic studies to appropriate physician.
- Utilizes work assignment to develop special abilities of individuals and meet special needs of patients/significant others.
- Participates in reviewing and revising quality assessment improvement criteria and/or standards of care.
- Completes appropriate Competency Checklists annually.
- Admission, Assessment, and PACU of the following: Pain Medicine patients, Myelogram patients, IVC Filter patients.
- Admission, Assessment, Stabilization, and Transfer of any Emergency patients.
- Obtains a thorough medical history through a phone or personal interview of patient or family member.
- Documents medical history and communicates to surgeon and anesthesiologist potential medical/surgical risks.
- Reviews pre-admission guidelines with patient/family.
- Assist with completion of health questionnaire/pre-anesthesia evaluation form.
- Reviews pre-op instructions specific to surgical procedure and physician preference.
- Reviews pre-op Do's and Don'ts instructions.
- Provides an overview of postoperative care and needs.
- Reviews daily surgery schedule for updates.
- Admits and prepares patients for procedures.
- Administers IV therapy according to Nursing Service Policies.
- Administers medications according to SHOLA Policies.
- Carries out physician's orders accurately and questions unclear orders.
- Performs treatments and procedures according to SHOLA Policies.
- Receives patient into PACU for monitoring and recovery post-procedure.
- Cost effectively maintains adequate supplies and equipment in appropriate working condition.
- Initiates nurse-physician communication as appropriate.
- Maintains a clean, safe, and quite environment for patients as well as other personnel.
- Utilizes sound nursing judgment as evidenced by ability to provide rationale for decisions made.
- Detects early signs and symptoms of potential peri-operative complications and report observations promptly to proper physician.
- Provides for patient privacy and confidentiality at all times, allows patient dignity to be maintained.
- Provides preoperative, postoperative teaching to patient and significant family member with proper documentation.
- Recognizes potential benefits of selected new products and discusses with Clinical Services Director for possible acquisition for use.
- Serves as resource person for updating or improving patient care practices.
- Assists in facilitating patient-physician-nurse communication process.
- Serves as preceptor in orientation of new employees.
- Assumes leadership role, acting as a role model.
- Assists in development and implementation of departmental goals.
- Possesses a working knowledge of equipment used in the Pre-op area, Pain Management and PACU.
- Assists in maintenance care and cleanliness of supplies - cost effectively maintains adequate supplies and equipment in appropriate working condition with proper documentation.
- Reports damaged equipment to the Clinical Services Director and follows proper procedure for damaged equipment.
- Cross trains and works in other departments as needed.
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Description
Job TypeFull-time
Description
Responsible for providing care to post-operative patients recovering from anesthesia , including general, regional, and local until admitted to the inpatient unit or discharged from The Spine Hospital of Louisiana.
Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Licensure as a Registered Nurse by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing.
Experience: Two (2) years' experience as Pre-Op/PACU Nurse preferred.
Licenses/Certificates: Current BLS and ACLS certification required.
Special Skill:
Physical Requirements:
Supervisor: Clinical Services Director
Positions reporting directly to this position: None
