Qualifications
- Licensure as registered nurse in the State of Pennsylvania
- BLS and ACLS Required
- Degree from accredited nursing program
- PALS Required of all part-time and full-time staff
- Minimum of 2 years work experience as a PACU or critical care RN
Essential Functions
- Performs assessment/data collection in an ongoing and systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychological, and cognitive status.
- Formulates a goal directed plan of care, which is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.
- Implements care in a knowledgeable, skilled consistent manner in reaching the desired patient outcomes through nursing processes.
- Verifies surgical/procedure site with patient and according to surgery schedule, surgical consent.
- Recognizes legal and policy limits of individual practice.
- Establish priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs and available center resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies. Revises plan of care based on change in patient status and/or information gathered during ongoing assessment.
- Performs efficiently in emergency patient situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons and documenting events.
- Demonstrates applied knowledge base in areas of medical/surgical patient care, pain assessment and actions of pharmaceuticals and anesthetic agents, proficient IV skills, laboratory values, safety and legal issues and all emergency equipment.
- Practices effective problem identification and resolution skills as a method of sound decision making.
- Performs documentation duties on the floor and in the patient record, which is timely, accurate and concise.
- Works as part of a team in delivering patient care.
- Assesses learning needs according to patient’s level of understanding and readiness to learn.
- Maintains patient Normothermia
- Displays an understanding of each patient’s cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological maturity in the assessments, treatment, and care undertaken based on age-specific criteria.
- Appropriately modifies approach to the patient based upon patient age utilizing a developmental perspective.
- Provides appropriate age-specific interventions related to safety issues.
- Checks and documents defibrillator functions each morning if assigned
- Maintains CPR/ACLS/PALS certification as required per area
- Attends all mandatory in-services and participates in staff meetings.
- Remains flexible, adaptive, and able to accept and implement new ideas and approaches.
- Treats all patients equally adopting the centers Patient Rights policy.
- Reviews and carries out physician orders in an appropriate professional manner.
- Willingness to assist with other duties when asked.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job the employee is frequently required to sit, converse, and listen; use hands to touch, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and to reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
The employee must be able to lift and/or carry 20 pounds on a regular basis and be able to push/pull over 50 pounds on a regular basis (i.e., patient in a wheelchair).
The employee must be able to stand and/or walk at least five hours per day.
Occupational Exposure
Category I exposure to blood borne pathogens, frequent exposure to chemical hazards and may encounter radiation hazards.