RN operating Room

Operating Room Nurse

Responsible for the delivery of safe, effective, and quality patient-family centered care in the operating room and other areas of perioperative services for all patient populations and will act as a patient advocate. He/she is responsible for meeting surgical standards of nursing practice. He/she will maintain skills in setting priorities, organizing workload effectively, changes in assignment and integrating multiple assignments with multilevel personnel. This position requires strong communication skills, must be attentive to details, have a thorough knowledge of sterile technique, have a commitment to the team concept, and have a strong commitment to task. Develop and implement total nursing care for patients by assessment, nursing diagnosis, patient care plans, provides leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary nursing and other patient team personnel in maintaining standards for professional nursing practice in the clinical setting. Develop systems

Participates and implements age specific care and interaction. Employee has attended departmental orientation (training). Implements age specific training. Collaborates with the healthcare team (RN, LPN, NA, Physician and ancillary disciplines) in the assessment of the patient/family. Performs a head-to-toe assessment on all patients and reassessments as per policy. This includes: pediatric, geriatric and the patient population. Adequately assesses and reassesses pain. Utilizes appropriate pain management techniques.