What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN - Operating Room position at UnityPoint Health?
Overview
Provide care for patients of all ages undergoing surgical procedures. Collaborates with various members of the surgical team to ensure safe surgical procedures and patient care outcomes. Surgical specialties include orthopedics, general surgery, gynecology, dental, robotics.
Responsibilities
- Provides and coordinates nursing care to patients utilizing the nursing process.
- Completes documentation to assure an accurate record of patient’s care.
- Utilizes critical thinking in making independent judgments, and maintains responsibility for the knowledge of conditions of assigned patients.
- Collaborates with physicians and other professionals in planning and implementing care within hospital policy and legal limitations.
- Assesses needs of patients and families, provides appropriate teaching to facilitate discharge planning, and makes the necessary referrals to community agencies to provide continuity of care.
- Utilizes a holistic approach (considering physical, psych / social, spiritual, educational, safety, and related criteria) appropriate to the age of the patients served in the assigned service area.
- Demonstrates initiative to improve quality of care, patient and employee safety, and customer service.
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