What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN - Surgery position at UnityPoint Health?
- Area of Interest: Nursing
- Sign On Bonus: $10,000
- FTE/Hours per pay period: .9
- Department: Surgery
- Shift: Monday-Friday 6:45am-3:15pm, rotating call nights and every 8th weekend.
- Job ID: 160292
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Overview
Registered Nurse Surgery/OR
UnityPoint Health- Fort Dodge
Full-time, 36 hours per week
Responsibilities
- Assesses and monitors total physiological, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual needs of surgical patients from infant through geriatrics.
- Develops and maintains an individualized, professionally modified plan of care reflective of changing needs/outcomes by evaluating the patient's needs during procedure.
- Provides nursing care in accordance with nursing standards and the patient's plan of care.
- Initiates teaching appropriate to patient procedure.
- Performs circulating scrub duties according to surgery standards.
- Assists the surgeon with exposure, hemostasis, wound closure and retraction.
- Maintains aseptic technique.
- Organizes instruments and supplies on Mayo stand and back table.
- Demonstrates correct draping technique.
- Prepares operative site prep per procedure.
- Positions, supports, and/or restrains patient appropriately.
- Positions electrosurgical grounding pad.
- Performs accurate sponge, instrument and sharps count.
- Identifies and prepares medications to be administered by physician.
- Applies tourniquet cuffs to extremities.
- Handles and labels specimens correctly.
- Documents nursing care consistent with documentation guidelines.
- Communicates with other members of the healthcare team in order to ensure continuity of care and coordination of services.
- Participates in unit operations demonstrating professional behaviors to include supporting goals of Nursing unit and maintaining awareness of resource utilization.
- Participates in non-direct patient care activities including educational activities, performance improvement activities, standards development and review, hospital/nursing committees and other related activities.
- Demonstrates competent use of computer programs as appropriate.
Qualifications
Education:
Nursing/Certified RNFA Course
Licensure:
Experience:
Salary : $10,000
