RN - OR

Registered Nurse

Job Title: Registered Nurse

Profession: Nursing

Specialty: Surgery

Duration: 13 weeks

Shift: Midshift Hours per Shift: 11:00 AM - 7:30 PM

Experience: Minimum of 1 year in related nursing specialty preferred

License: RN License in the state of Texas or compact

Certifications: BLS required (AHA only)

Must-Have: OR experience required; seeking OR circulators

Description: The competent Nurse practices independently and demonstrates an awareness of all relevant aspects of a situation. Provides routine and complex care, with the ability to plan for long-range goals. Continues to develop the ability to cope with and manage contingencies of clinical nursing. Makes appropriate assignments and delegates to other care providers as a means to help manage the clinical situation. Meets expectations of the applicable competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders. Consistent with the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, provides nursing care utilizing the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation for assigned patients. Addresses increasingly complex psychological, emotional, cultural, and social needs of patients and families in accordance with their level of practice. Using the appropriate protocol, administers medications and treatments; monitors for side effects and effectiveness of the treatment prescribed. Documents patient history, symptoms, medication, and care given. Assesses learning needs and provides education to patients, family members, and/or caregivers; identifies issues and resources.