Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room

Provide, promote and maintain quality patient care during diagnostic and therapeutic imaging procedures through education, standards of practice, professional growth, and collaboration with other multidisciplinary health care providers.

• Assesses patient as ongoing process utilizing physician and psychosocial input and documents in the chart. 
• Performs patient interventions completely and proficiently and demonstrates age specific competency for population of patients served. 
• Verifies, during hospitalization, orders for accuracy (including reconciliation of medications), appropriate scheduling of tests and/or procedures, pre-op data, and consent forms. 
• Follows medication and IV Therapy policies including patient identification, understanding about medications, administering meds and recognizing/reporting interactions 100% of the time.  Appropriately monitors first dose medication(s) for adverse reactions. 
• Interprets diagnostic data and takes appropriate action when indicated (i.e. notification of critical lab values to physician per hospital protocol). 
• Performs related duties as required.

Required:

• Education: Associate’s degree in Nursing required.
• Certifications/Registrations/Licenses:  
  • A valid Permanent Multi-State RN License from the state in which you reside is required.  Should you hold an RN license from another Compact state, you are required to apply for and obtain a Multi-State RN License from the state in which you reside within 30 days. 
  • American Heart Association BLS CPR required, must be obtained within 7 days of hire. 
  • American Heart Association ACLS is required within orientation period. 

Preferred:

• Experience: Previous experience in surgical care as a technician or nurse is preferred.