Staff Nurse PRN Level 2 - Day Surgery

Staff Nurse PRN Level 2 - Day Surgery

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Summary:

• The Registered Nurse (RN) operates as a key member of the health care team using the nursing process, clinical skills and leadership to direct, provide and evaluate age/population specific patient care according to the department's scope of service. Analyze patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records.

Responsibilities:

1. Monitor, record, and report symptoms and changes in patients' condition:
   • Collects patient data
   • Orders, interprets, and evaluates diagnostic tests to assist in determining the plan of care
   • Identifies expected outcomes
   • Implements and modifies interventions identified in the patient plan of care
   • Evaluates the patient's progress towards outcomes and modifies patient treatment plans as indicated by patient response and condition
   • Prepares patients for, and assists with, examinations and treatments
   • Accurately prepares and administers medications according to policies and procedures
2. Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of their nursing practice:
   • Identifies practices to improve job or department performance
   • Monitors job and department activities
   • Participates in department CQI by:
   • Using the results to initiate changes in practice
   • Using the results to initiate system changes
3. Acquires and maintains current knowledge in nursing practice:
   • Participates in ongoing educational activities
   • Seeks experiences to maintain skills
   • Seeks knowledge; displays skills appropriate to setting
   • Consistently seeks educational tools in order to broaden knowledge base of various age groups, diseases, and best practices
   • Completes mandatory training each year, plus additional 16 minimal hours for staff development
   • Remains up-to-date of new equipment, policies, and procedures
4. Contributes to the professional development of peers, colleagues and others:
   • Shares knowledge with colleagues and others
   • Provides constructive feedback
   • Directs and supervises less skilled nursing or health care personnel; may act as a charge nurse of a particular unit, and may work as a preceptor after attending preceptor workshop
   • Adheres to unit specific standards of patient interaction and customer service
   • Participates in staff development model, serves as a preceptor for new staff and students. Provides constructive feedback to peers
   • Holds staff members accountable for results
   • Ensures adequate adherence to policies and procedures
   • Informs and trains new team members of procedures and policies
5. Makes decisions and takes actions on the behalf of patients in an ethical manner:
   • Maintains confidentiality
   • Acts as a patient advocate
   • Delivers care in a non-judgmental and non-discriminatory manner that is sensitive to patient diversity
6. Collaborates with patient, significant others and health care providers in providing care:
   • Consults and coordinates with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans
   • Makes referrals for continuity of care
   • Educates patients, families and other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention, and health improvement programs
   • Involves the multidisciplinary teams as needed and is evident in the nurse documentation
   • Informs patient and family members of actions being taken, status of activities, estimated time involved, and reason for changes or delays
7. Uses research findings in their practice:
   • Uses interventions substantiated by research
   • Participates in research as appropriate to the nurse's position
   • Interventions identified in the patient's plan of care are substantiated by research. Participates in improvement/redesign processes
   • Implements findings from departmental and performance improvement activities into daily tasks
8. Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness and cost in planning and delivering patient care:
   • Evaluates factors related to safety, effectiveness and cost when two or more practice options would result in the same outcomes
   • Assists patient in identifying and secure appropriate services available to address health related needs
   • Adheres to standard precautions
   • Demonstrates awareness of appropriate safety precautions in the environment for patients and significant others. Accesses resources to get necessary services to continue care post discharge
   • Adheres to personal protective equipment requirements. Utilizes appropriate Safe Patient-Handling equipment, where indicated, to ensure personal and patient safety