Perioperative Nurse Manage

POSITION TITLE: Pain Management Pre-Admission Testing (PAT) Nurse
FACILITY/DEPARTMENT: Nursing
Position reports to: Clinical Nurse Manager
Interpersonal Relationships: As a representative of this facility, all comments, attitudes, actions, and behaviors have a direct effect on the facility’s image and perceptions of quality service. Interaction with patients, families, physicians, referral sources, affiliating schools, visitors, teammates, managers, vendors, etc. Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing
- Education, vocational training, and experience:

• One year of pre-op, PACU, and/or medical/surgical nursing experience preferred
• Specialty certification in Perioperative or perianesthesia Nursing is preferred

Develop an individualized plan of care:
o Evaluating the patient’s past medical history and surgical plan using the PAT protocols
o Interviewing pre-operative patients to gather necessary data to assist for admission
o Reviewing all preoperative test results and notifying physicians when results are outside normal limits or incomplete.
o Serving as initial and primary contact for referral sources to direct screening and clearance of patients scheduled for, or potentially to be scheduled for procedures.
o Demonstrating safe operation of equipment and machinery and follows procedures for reporting and correcting an unsafe situation.
o Managing patient’s other co-morbid conditions as applicable.
o Providing education regarding the expected psychosocial response, nutritional management, medical management, pain management, wound management, and expected responses to pain procedures.
o Involving patient or designated support person actively in decisions affecting his or her perioperative plan of care and the rehabilitation process.
o Providing age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards of practice; o Complying with Universal Protocol and facility site validation and time-out policy.
Provide hand-off report to other teammates that are accurate, concise and pertinent to the patient’s condition and response to care.
Delegate tasks according to the state Nurse Practice Act (if applicable), state board of nursing or professional registration requirements, state laws, and job descriptions.
Document episode of care completely, accurately, and legibly.
Serve as a member of a multidisciplinary team in planning patient care.
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.
Act as a patient advocate and maintain privacy and confidentiality of individuals and health information.
Comply with facility policies and procedures
Full range of body motion including handling equipment
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