Registered Nurse- PRN

SEES Management Solutions; Gallatin (TN); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

AVPSEES Group is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to provide perioperative patient care in a surgical setting. The role involves preop, intraop and post-op assessments, applying nursing processes, and collaborating with surgeons and anesthesia to ensure high-quality outcomes.

The RN will educate patients and families, maintain safety standards, and adapt care to each patient’s age and health status in a fast-paced ASC environment.

Qualifications

• Role requires a Registered Nurse to oversee perioperative care.

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient status on admission to the preop area, the operating room and/or the post-op area.
• Provides safe, therapeutic care using the nursing process and diagnoses, with prioritization and coordination of interventions.
• Documents interventions and patient responses.
• Ensures organized and timely patient care.
• Utilizes nursing care standards in planning and implementing care.
• Communicates patient condition information to surgeons, anesthesia, management and staff.
• Safely carries out physicians' orders and documents activities.
• Initiates and participates in patient and family education and assesses learning needs.
• Demonstrates understanding of patients’ cognitive, physical, emotional, and chronological maturity in care.
• Participates in pre- and post-op calls and communicates problems to the appropriate person.
• Maintains RN competencies within the area (e.g., OR circulator, instrument/sponges handling, skin prep).
• Maintains competencies in conscious sedation administration and monitoring of sedated patients.
• Protects sedated patients by identifying safety hazards and minimizing exposure to maintain privacy and body temperature.
• Practices safety, asepsis, sterile technique and universal precautions.
• Assesses and implements care throughout the surgical process.
• Correlates clinical data with nursing care for patient age, sex and health status.
• Exhibits excellent organizational skills and attention to detail to meet department needs.
• Documents and performs nursing care in assigned area.

Job description

Description

Who We Are

At AVPSEES Group, exceptional patient care starts with exceptional people. As one of the largest eye care networks in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, we provide our teams with the training, technology, and support they need to thrive while making a difference in patients' lives. Together, we're building the future of eye care.

Our Mission

To deliver the best possible outcomes for our patients, serve and educate our provider network, and fulfill our commitment to our stakeholders.

About the Role

A Registered Nurse is a professional who provides patient care based on the nursing process; being involved with maintaining the standard of care for assigned patients through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. The Registered Nurse shall oversee and guide employees that are under his/her supervision. The Registered Nurse actively supports and promotes the Centers Philosophy and mission statement. The Registered Nurse is directed by the Charge Nurse.

What You'll Do

• Assesses patient status on admission to the preop area, the operating room and/or the post-op area, and on a continuing basis.
• Provides safe, therapeutic quality care to patients by utilizing the nursing process and nursing diagnosis in a timely manner and by setting appropriate priorities. Coordinates nursing
• interventions to enhance achievement of expected outcomes and to ensure readiness for
• discharge. Documents interventions and patient’s responses.
• Ensures provision of patient care in an organized and timely manner.
• Utilizes nursing care standards when planning and implementing patient care.
• Communicates appropriate information regarding patient conditions to those who require the
• Information including, surgeons, anesthesia, management and other staff.
• Safely carries out physician’s orders correctly and promptly, documenting all activities.
• Initiates and participates in patient and family education. Assesses learning needs according to
• patient’s level of understanding and readiness to learn.
• Displays an understanding of each patient’s cognitive, physical, emotional and chronological
• maturity in assessments, treatment, and care.
• Takes part in pre- and post-op phone calls and communicates any problems to the appropriate
• person.
• Maintains competencies to function in RN role within specific area. (Ex. OR circulator –
• Identification, counting and care of instrumentation and sponges, skin preparation of surgical
• site).
• Maintain competencies in conscious sedation administration and monitoring of sedated patient
• Including airway protection, assessment and support of sedated patients.
• Protect sedated and anesthetized patients by identifying safety hazards such as electrical,
• equipment, pressure points and by minimizing exposure to maintain privacy and body
• temperature.
• Expertise in safety principles, asepsis, sterile technique and universal precautions.
• Assesses, anticipates and implements appropriate care throughout the surgical process
• Correlates clinical data with nursing care. Provides the patient with care measures congruent with his/her age, sex and health status.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, prioritizes work to meet the changing needs of the department. ASC Registered Nurse Page Two
• Document and perform nursing care in assigned