Travel Nurse RN - PACU - Post Anesthesia Care
Lexington, NC
TalentBurst, Inc
4x10 hrs

Primary Purpose

The Registered Nurse – Resource Team provides comprehensive nursing care through skillful assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation in accordance with facility or department policies, procedures, and/or protocols under the supervision of the nursing leader. The RN Clinical Nurse/RT assists in maintaining a safe work environment and performs all related job responsibilities in a safe manner. The Registered Nurse – Resource Team maintains clinical and professional competency as appropriate to the population of patients served.

Must be available to provide nursing services in all patient care areas of expertise and knowledge, at all elected facilities.

A registered nurse's practice is guided by the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements.




Major Responsibilities

• Collects pertinent data and information relative to the healthcare consumer's health or the situation.

• Analyzes the assessment data to determine the actual or potential diagnoses, problem, and issues.

• Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the healthcare consumer or the situation.

• Develops a plan that prescribes strategies to attain expected, measurable outcomes.

• Implements the identified plan, coordinates care delivery, and employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment.

• Delegates elements of care to appropriate healthcare workers in accordance with any applicable legal or policy parameters or principles.

• Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes.

• Practices ethically.

• Practices in a manner that is congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
• Communicates effectively in all areas of practice.

• Collaborates with healthcare consumers and other key stakeholders in the conduct of nursing practice.

• Leads within the professional practice setting and the profession.

• Seeks knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice and promotes futuristic thinking.
• Integrates evidence and research findings into practice.

• Contributes to quality nursing practice.

• Evaluates one's own and others' nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules and regulations.

• Utilizes appropriate resources to plan, provide, and sustain evidence-based nursing services that are safe, effective, and fiscally responsible.

• Practices in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.

• Participate in committees, shared governance, or facility decision making activities, developing and nurturing research to positively affect clinical outcomes and promotion.

• Models the Atrium Health mission, vision, and value.

• Supports and contributes to the Patient Centered Care Philosophy by understanding that every teammate is a Caregiver whose role is to meet the needs of the patient.

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Job Title:



Registered Nurse – Resource Team


Job

Code:


910CCS




Minimum Job Requirements

Education

Graduate from an accredited School of Professional Nursing.

Certification / License

Valid, active unencumbered Nursing license approved by the Georgia Licensing Board for GA locations and

Alabama Licensing Board for AL locations.

BLS required.

ACLS required.


Work Experience

1. years of nursing experience in specialty area required.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities


Patient Population Served

Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development and demonstrates the skills and competency appropriate to the ages, culture, developmental stages, and special needs of the patient population served.

Protected Health Information

• Will limit access to protected health information (PHI) to the information reasonably necessary to do the job.
• Will share information only on a need-to-know basis for work purposes.

• Access to verbal, written and electronic PHI for this job has been determined based on job level and job responsibility within the organization. Computerized access to PHI for this job has been determined as described above and is controlled via user ID and password.

Machines, Tools, and Equipment

All related medical equipment and supplies .






Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

Work requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, stooping, bending, pushing, and pulling. Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies. Must speak English in good, understandable terms. Intact sense of sight, hearing, smell, touch. Finger dexterity.

Critical thinking and ability to concentrate. Must be able to respond quickly to changes in patient and/or unit conditions.

Physical Abilities Testing required.











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Job Title:



Registered Nurse – Resource Team


Job

Code:


910CCS

Preferred Job Requirements

Education

BSN preferred

Certification / License



Experience



Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Additional education, training, certifications, or experience may be required within the department by the nurse leader.




JOB DESCRIPTION

RN - PACU

• About Facility:
  • 250 Hospital Drive Lexington, NC 27292
  • 96 licensed beds
  • Primary Stroke Center
  • Not Trauma Designated
  • Teaching hospital with residents
  • Not a Chest Pain Center
• Unit Information:
  • Beds: 10 PACU bays
  • Average patients/day: 400 cases/month
  • Minimum Years of Experience required: 3 years of PACU experience
  • Will you accept a first-time traveler? Yes
• Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:
  • Ortho (total joints, sports medicine), general, urology, DaVinci, GYN, ENT, Peds (dental), podiatry, scar revisions
  • Regional anesthesia, blocks
  • No spine, cardiothoracic, cranial, or high-level surgeries
• Patient Ratios:
  • 1:1-2, depending on case and acuity
• Required License, National Certification, Certs:
  • BLS, ACLS, PALS
• Skills required:
  • Experience with above patient types
  • Phase I recovery of general anesthesia, MAC anesthesia, moderate sedation. If phase 2 is backed up, could be doing phase 2 recovery and discharge in Phase I.
  • Could scrub in and gown up for the OR and help hold a retractor or a camera. Will not need to act as circulating OR RN but could just assist with this portion. This could happen on call-back.
  • EPIC Experience
• Support within the Department:
  • OR Assistant might be able to help with transport, but no CNA
  • OR Charge RN, no PACU Charge RN
  • Management available during the day
  • 4-5 RNs for PACU
  • Phlebotomy
  • RT 24/7
  • Hospitalist 24/7
  • Anesthesiologists/CRNAs
  • Surgeons
• Technology/Equipment:
  • EMR: EPIC – required
  • IV Pump: Alaris
  • Med dispensing: Omnicell
• Floating: No
• Orientation (facility and unit):
  • NEO
  • 1 week
• Scheduling:
  • Weekend rotation: Every 5th-6th weekend, call only. Saturday 0700 – Monday 0700
  • On call: Yes (1 weeknight per week, 1700-0700, 30-minute response, no sleep rooms)
  • Holiday Expectations: 1-2 holidays per year, call only
  • Approval of RTO: to go through manager
  • Shift times: 10h Days, 0730-1800. Will have a rotating day off
  • Schedule cycle: Lead RN makes 6-week schedule
• Other notes:
  • Scrub Color: Provided, locker will be provided in locker room
  • Parking: Free

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