Registered Nurse Operating Room (Full-Time)

Registered Nurse Operating Room (Full-Time) Job Category: Surgical Services Full-Time On-site St Peters, MO 63376, USA Description Job Title: Operating Room Registered Nurse- (Four 10 hour shifts) Ability to circulate ENT, Orthopedics including total joints, plastic surgery, pain and podiatry procedures. Essential Functions: The delivery of patient care through the framework of the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis and patient outcome) in the preoperative, interoperative and postoperative phase of the surgical patient. Supervision Received: Supervisor of Clinical Services Education/Experience: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing One year experience Current Registered Nurse License Current American Heart Assn. BLS and ACLS certifications Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Operating room experience Demonstrates current, comprehensive professional knowledge and skills in conformance with recognized nursing standards and department policies including the Patient Bill of Rights and JCAHO regulations, Standards for Nursing Care and the Nurse Practice Act. Assesses physiological and psychosocial health status of patient. Assesses pain per policy. Completes patient history. Verbally reports pertinent information to appropriate staff to provide continuity of care. Legibly documents information in patient record and signs record using appropriate professional title. Assesses level of understanding and expectations of care. Identifies desired patient outcomes. Establishes nursing diagnosis. Establishes patient/family goals that are mutually acceptable. Formulates Plan of Care for the patient. Implements nursing care plans tailo