Registered Nurse (RN) - OR - Operating Room
Guthrie Health
Sayre, PA

RN Minor Procedures - Operating Room - Full Time

Summary: Responsible for the delivery of safe, effective, and quality patient-family centered care in the Minor Procedure Area for all patient populations. Qualifications Required: * Bachelor's degree in nursing * Graduate from an accredited school of nursing * Current registered nurse licensure in state of employment * Basic Life Support (BLS) certification Preferred: * Two years perioperative services experience preferred * Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification * Basic computer skills (eg, Microsoft Word) Essential Functions: * Promote the mission, vision, and values of the Guthrie Clinic. * Assess patients at intervals as stated in policies and procedures. * Develop an individualized perioperative patient plan of care. * Implement the plan of care by * protecting the patient from injury caused by extraneous sources. * performing accounting procedures to protect the patient from unintended retained surgical items; * performing interventions necessary to ensure that the patient's procedure is performed on the correct site, side, and level; * managing the patient's specimens according to organizational policy and procedures; * communicating the patient's current status to relevant parties throughout the continuum of care; * administering medications safely and correctly; * performing interventions to maintain the patient's wound and tissue perfusion at or above baseline levels; * performing interventions to ensure the patient is at or returned to normothermia at the conclusion of the immediate postoperative period; * performing interventions to protect the patient from surgical site infection; * assessing the knowledge level of the patient or designated support person; * providing education regarding the expected psychosocial response, nutritional management, medication management, pain management, wound management, and expected responses to the operative or invasive procedure; * involving the patient or designated support person actively in decisions affecting his or her perioperative plan of care and the rehabilitation process; * protecting the patient's rights, dignity, and privacy; * providing age-specific, culturally competent, ethical care within legal standards of practice; and * providing consistent and comparable care regardless of the setting. * Evaluate the patient's progress toward attaining outcomes. * Transfer care as applicable. * Delegate tasks according to the state Nurse Practice Act and job descriptions. * Document nursing care accurately, completely, and legibly. * Collaborate effectively with other disciplines as applicable. * Participate in quality review and performance improvement projects. * Participate in the performance appraisal process. * Use problem-solving and conflict resolution skills to foster effective work relationships with team members. * Maintain required competencies. * Pursue professional growth and participates in a professional organization. * Act as a patient advocate and maintain privacy and confidentiality of individuals and health information.