Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room

Overview

The Circulating RN Works collaboratively with Surgical Team to ensure patient safety and positive patient outcomes. Monitor Surgical cases for continued sterility, and support surgical team from outside the sterile field. Thorough and complete intra-operative documentation, as well as case set up and preparation. This specialty works while adhering to AORN standards and practices. Call schedule (after training is complete) for overbook and emergent cases only and at a small critical access hospital with two OR's and one endoscopy suite. Variable days into evening M-F with no holiday or weekend regular hours.

Responsibilities

General Clinical Practice

• Utilizes the nursing process in caring for all patients, to include : assessing symptoms, planning interventions, implementing treatment plans, evaluating responses to interventions, and revising plan based on overall effectiveness.
• Demonstrates the skills necessary to provide individualized care to the population served.
• Adheres to the established practice standards and procedures at New London Hospital, regarding the administration of all medications and patient care activities.
• Makes knowledgeable decisions in consideration of the facts and the disease / surgical condition utilizing critical thinking.
• Evaluates the patient's response to the nursing and / or medical regimen and reassesses and revises plan of care, as necessary.
• Documents care provided using hospital standards.
• Provides education to patients and families based on assessment of learning needs.
• Participates in interdisciplinary planning.
• Creates and monitors patient environment to ensure it is safe and free from hazards.
• Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical / health care errors.
• Assists in minor procedures, as requested.

Specialty Clinical Practice

OR Circulating

Qualifications

Required Licensure / Certifications

REQUIRED LICENSE(S) :

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