Local Contract Nurse RN - OR - Operating Room
Poughkeepsie, NY
Phaxis
5x8 hrs, Days

Responsibilities/Duties:

• Promote the mission, vision, and values of the organization.
• Assess patients at intervals as stated in policies and procedures.
• Develop an individualized perioperative patient plan of care.
• Implement the plan of care by:
• protecting the patient from injury caused by extraneous objects and chemical, electrical, laser, mechanical, and thermal sources;
• performing accounting procedures to protect the patient from unintended retained surgical items;
• performing interventions necessary to ensure that the patient's procedure is performed on the correct site, side, and level;
• managing the patient's specimens according to organizational policy and procedures;
• communicating the patient's status to relevant parties throughout the continuum of care;
• administering medications safely and correctly;
• performing interventions to maintain the patient's wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels;
• performing interventions to maintain the status of the patient's genitourinary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, endocrine, respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological systems and fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances at or above baseline levels;
• performing interventions to ensure the patient is at or returned to normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate postoperative period;
• performing interventions to protect the patient from surgical site infection;
• assessing the knowledge level of the patient or designated support person;
• providing education regarding the expected psychosocial response, nutritional management, medication management, pain management, wound management, and expected responses to the operative or invasive procedure;
• involving the patient or designated support person actively in decisions affecting his or her perioperative plan of care and the rehabilitation process;
• protecting the patient's rights, dignity, and privacy;
• providing age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards of practice; and
• providing consistent and comparable care regardless of the setting.
• Evaluate the patient's progress toward attaining outcomes.
• Transfer care as applicable.
• Delegate tasks according to the state Nurse Practice Act and job descriptions.
• Document nursing care accurately, completely, and legibly.
• Collaborate effectively with other disciplines as applicable.
• Participate in quality review and performance improvement projects.
• Participate in the performance appraisal process.
• Use problem-solving and conflict resolution skills to foster effective work relationships with team members.
• Maintain required competencies.
• Pursue professional growth and participate in a professional organization.
• Act as a patient advocate and maintain privacy and confidentiality of individuals and health information.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  Qualifications:
• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing, BSN preferred.
• 1 Year OR RN exp. required
• Current registered nurse licensure in New York State.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification required.
• Two years perioperative services experience preferred.
• Certified Nurse, Operating Room (CNOR) certification preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.