ASU/PACU Surgery RN

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ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS for Staff RN (All Departments):\

• Give patient baths, oral care and hair care.\
• Take vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration and blood

pressures).\

• Collect I & O information.\
• Ambulate patients.\
• Assist with activities in patient mobility and positioning.\
• Collection of specimens.\
• Obtain blood glucose readings.\
• Initiate CPR.\
• Communicate with patient and/or family. Provide information to the

patient and/or family to educate them on disease process, hospital stay,

and/or treatments. Communicate with patient and/or family and meet

patient needs for courtesy, information, physical care, emotional care,

safety, privacy, and confidentiality.\

• Transport patients by pushing pulling, lifting, in a wheelchair,

bed, cart or Geri chair.\

• Reposition patients with or without mechanical devices, by lifting,

pulling and pushing.\

• Clearly and concisely report significant patient status changes to

the physician.\

• Collection of patient care information.\
• Development and revision of nursing care plan.\
• Administer medications including narcotics according to SBAMH

policies and procedures.\

• Document patient information concisely and legibly according to

hospital and department policy.\

• Dressing changes.\
• Administer treatments.\
• Clearly and concisely report significant patient status changes to

physician and appropriate coworkers.\

• Responsible and accountable for using work time appropriately by

organizing and prioritizing work to complete daily assignment.\

• Follow patient specific plan of care.\
• Administer IVs and IV medications.\
• Start IVs.\
• Assess the patient.\
• Follow all infection control procedures and policies (including use

of universaland/standard precautions).\

• Provide for patient safety.\
• Participate in quality improvement assurance, assessment and

improvement activities.\

• Notify receiving nursing area of patients condition and needs prior

to transfer.\

• Participates in the orientation and teaching of newly employed

nursing personnel.\

• Participates in nursing projects and or revision and review of

policies and procedures.\

• Positive and effective interaction with patients, significant

others, and other health team members, while maintaining standards of

professional nursing.\

• Performs other duties as assigned.\

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QUALIFICATIONS:\

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:\

Will be orientated to and maintain competence in working with patients

in the following age categories: Med/Surg/Skilled/ICU: Infant,

pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. OB: Neonate,

adolescent, and adult patients. OR, ED: Neonate, infant, pediatric,

adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. Competence at the beginning

of employment will be measured through observation during orientation,

math and medication administration testing, and review of documentation.

Ongoing competence will be measured through observation of clinical

practice, observation for performance evaluation, competency in service

and testing, and math and medication administration testing. See

attached sheet for other initial and ongoing competence required by each

department.

Experience:\

Must possess current clinical experience or be a new nursing graduate.

Prefer minimum of one years experience in pertinent clinical specialty.

Nurses who do not meet this requirement must obtain experience through

formal hospital orientation program

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:\

Requires frequent sitting, standing, walking, bending, and grasping.

Requires lifting and carrying up to 55 lbs. Requires pushing and pulling

up to 55 lbs. Job requires full range of body motion, with occasional

twisting, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, squatting and

reaching. Rar ly requires crawling. Job may require reaching overhead.

Job requires ability to handle and lift patients. Eye-hand coordination,

and finger and manual dexterity are required. Requires corrected hearing

and vision to a normal range. Job requires working under stressful

conditions and/or irregular hours. Some exposure to communicable

diseases, sharps, and hazardous material is anticipated. Job requires

potential exposure to body fluids and radiation. Requires the ability to

distinguish letters and symbols. Use of office equipment such as

telephones, copying machines, computers and intercom is required.

Repetitive movements such as writing are required.\

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WORKING CONDITIONS:\

Includes working weekends and holidays, with potential for varied

shifts, overtime, cost containment absent days, or standby time. O.R.

personnel are required to rotate on-call duty for emergency surgery.