What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN OPS Days PRN position at Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital?
Shift: 7:00AM-7:00PM EST
Position Goal
The Registered Nurse (RN) performs the functions of assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care for assigned patients. The RN is responsible for meeting the Standards of Practice, which includes managing all assigned personnel, supplies, and equipment, and for promoting collaboration with all members of the health care team.
Position Responsibilities
The RNs role is to validate existing information, eliciting additional or new information, reinforcing preoperative teaching, reviewing discharge instructions and providing nursing care to complete preparation for the experience.
Assessment and management components include:
- Verification of patient identification and expected procedure
- Review and/or completion of the pre-op assessment
- Relevant preoperative status including: VS, skin integrity, diagnostic test results, allergies, home medication review, NPO status, disabilities, limitations, impairments, substance use/abuse, external or implanted medical devices.
- Pregnancy testing
- Perioperative normothermia assessment and management
- Pain assessment
- Patient safety needs
- Relevant preoperative emotional, safety, spiritual, and psychological needs of patient
- Prescribed surgical prep completion
- Availability of accompanying responsible individual to assist with home care
- Knowledge or pre-procedural teaching and discharge planning
- Clinical monitoring as indicated
- Procedure specific assessment
- Documentation and communication of all pertinent information
- Post-procedure, the RN focuses on preparation for care in the home.
Data collected and documented to evaluate the patients status for discharge include:
- Airway/respiratory status
- Vital signs
- Thermoregulation
- Level of consciousness
- Pain level
- Ambulation
- Ability to swallow
- Presence of nausea/vomiting
- Skin color/condition
- Condition of dressing/surgical or procedural site
- Urinary status
- Patient and home care provider knowledge of discharge instructions
- Written discharge instructions given to patient/accompanying responsible individual
- Arrangements for safe transportation from the hospital
- Provision of additional resources to contact if any problems arise
Experience: At least 1 year of nursing experience preferred.
Education: Basic education necessary for Registered Nurse licensure required.
Special Qualifications:
Required:
- BLS required.
- Current Alabama or Multi-State RN License required or the ability to obtain.
The Hughston Clinic, The Hughston Foundation, The Hughston Surgical Center, Hughston Clinic Orthopaedics, Hughston Medical, Hughston Orthopaedics Trauma, Hughston Orthopaedics Southeast and Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital participate in E-Verify. This company is an equal opportunity employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.
