RN PeriOP Program

Registered Nurse Operating Room Fellowship

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Position Responsibilities

• Prepares the OR suite appropriately to receive a new admission.
• Evaluates, assesses and documents patient's surgical status.
• Assists anesthesia in maintaining intake and output, checks availability of blood products and checks blood products with anesthesia before administering. Document blood administration and assures accuracy.
• Demonstrates ability to handle difficult situations, and appropriate usage of safety measures.
• Monitors, evaluates and intervenes appropriately with patients receiving conscious sedation.
• Competent in application of safety positioning devices, providing ongoing observation, intervention and documentation as per hospital policy.
• Maintains thorough knowledge of operation, care and handling of O.R equipment. Demonstrates ability to perform new procedures, skills and routines in specialty areas.
• Performs initial vital signs and admission history to include introduction to patient and family. Assessment of chief compliant and notification of physician within 15 minutes of arrival to procedure area.
• Obtains and documents an accurate systems assessment at the beginning of each procedure.
• Responds to diagnostic data and initiates appropriate action or intervention.
• Assesses patient education needs on admission, and psychosocial needs specific to patients age, growth, and development.
• Initiates plan of care within eight hours of admission. Establishes priorities for patient care based on patient needs as evidence by completion of assigned duties within shift.
• Performs Pre-Operative and Post-Operative care and instruction for each assigned surgical patient during shift.
• Performs dressing changes using aseptic technique.
• Collects and labels specimens per policy when ordered by physician.
• Performs bedside glucose monitoring according to policy, performs ostomy care to include irrigation, appliance usage and reinforcement of teaching.
• Inserts intermittent or indwelling urinary catheter using aseptic technique.
• Administers oxygen therapy according to physician order.
• Transfer patients in / out of the GI station in an efficient manner, by obtaining a complete and correct set of physician orders. Completes documentation of transfer summary.
• All other duties as assigned.

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