Registered Nurse Surgery Full-Time
As an integral part of the interdisciplinary team, the Registered Nurse in Surgery utilizes the nursing process to provide therapeutic care to a specific population of patients. The perioperative registered nurse uses the nursing process, designs, coordinates, and delivers care to meet the identified needs of all patients during perioperative phase. Perioperative nurses possess and apply knowledge of procedure and patient’s intraoperative experience throughout the patient care continuum. Perioperative nurse assesses, diagnoses, plans, intervenes and evaluates the outcome of interventions based on criteria that criteria that support a standard of care. Perioperative nurse addresses the impact of the surgical experience on the patient’s physiological, psychological, sociocultural and spiritual responses. Perioperative nursing role and activities performed during the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative phases of the patient’s surgical intervention. Perioperative nursing includes, but is not limited to: Peer education and patient/family teaching; support and reassurance; advocacy; control of environment; efficient provision of resources; maintenance of asepsis; monitoring physiological and psychological status; management aggregate patient needs; supervision of ancillary personnel; preoperative exploration, validation of current and future practices; integration and coordination of care across settings and among disciplines, collaboration and consultation.
Position Requirements
Requirements
Minimum Education:
- Graduate of approved Nursing School.
Minimum Experience/Knowledge:
- One year as an operating room nurse in an acute care setting immediately prior to application
Required License/Certification:
- A valid California Registered Nursing license.
- A current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider card from the American Heart Association required.
- A current Advanced Cardiac Life Support card from the American Heart Association preferred.
- A Fire and Safety card must be presented upon hire or must be obtained at our facility within the first 90 days of hire and maintained by renewing before expiration date.
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