Description
**Registered Nurse II-** **Preop/PACU**
**Days**
Are you looking for a rewarding career? We're looking for a qualified **Registered Nurse II** ,like you, to join our Texas Health Resources family.
**Work location:** 850 Ed Hall Drive, Kaufman, TX 75142
**Work hours:** Full Time, 40 hours/week, Monday - Friday Flex with on-Call requirements
**Department highlights:**
Texas health Kaufman has 3 OR Suites
Specialty surgical services include podiatry, ortho, general, vascular, and gi
Strong Unit Based Council (UBC)
Work/life balance as well as opportunities for educational and career growth
**Here's What You Need**
**Education**
Nursing Diploma Nursing **is required** Or
Associate's Degree Nursing **is required** Or
Bachelor's Degree Nursing **is preferred**
**Experience**
1 Year Experience as a Registered Nurse or completion of an RN residency program **is required**
1 year of OR, PACU, or procedural area experience is strongly preferred
**Licenses and Certifications**
RN - Registered Nurse Upon Hire **is required** And
BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly **is required** And
ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support 90 Days **is required** And
PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support 90 Days **is required**
**What You Will Do**
Basic Human Needs - Responds to others' priorities regarding safety, physical, psychological and social professional nurse exhibits understanding of basic human needs by demonstrating:
Attention to emotional, social, and self-esteem needs
Regular assessment and maintenance of comfort
Knowledge of basic physiology and pathophysiology
Knowledge of human emotions during health and illnesse. Knowledge of human development across the life span
Knowledge of pain and suffering, pain interventions and pain comfort/theories.
Provides safe patient care as evidenced by:
Using barcode medication verification (BMV) during medication administrations
Completing accurate documentation in the electronic health record
Completing assessments accurately and in a timely manner
Individualizing care plans specific to the needs of the patient
Providing consistent attention to airway, intake, elimination, sleep, rest, mobility and hygiene needs
Human Respect - Honors worth of humans through unconditional acceptance as evidenced by:
Demonstrating knowledge of patient rights and incorporating into daily practice
Calling patients by their preferred name
Demonstrating use of eye contact and physical contact appropriately
Speaking respectfully and professionally in a soothing tone
Appreciation of Unique Meanings - Concerned with understanding others frame of reference.
The professional nurse demonstrates an appreciation of unique meanings by:
Using active listening
Exemplifying a non-judgmental attitude
Tolerating both positive and negative ideas or expressions
Demonstrating flexibility
Eliciting patient values and preferences
Recognizing and appreciating diversity
Developing personal relationships with patients/significant others
Affiliation Needs - Engages family/caregivers in health care situations.
The professional nurse demonstrates recognition and understanding of affiliation needs by:
Demonstrating knowledge of individual patient's family situation and routines
Demonstrating knowledge of family theories
Being responsive to families
Engaging family members in health decisions per patients' wishes
Allowing family members' presence
Involving family
Conducting routine family meetings
Sharing available resources with families
Establishing, maintaining and discontinuing appropriately therapeutic relationships with patients/families
Mutual Problem Solving - Professional behaviors that help patients and families understand how to confront, learn about, and think about their health and illness; involves a reciprocal, shared approach with resulting decisions acceptable to involved parties.
The professional nurse demonstrates mutual problem solving by:
Providing information, using up to date literature, approved tools including EMMI and demonstrates knowledge of patient's unique learning approach.
Validating patient knowledge through use of teach back method
Accepting feedback from patients and adopting patient ideas
Prioritizing and individualizing care delivery based on professional judgment
Using listening skills and demonstrating knowledge of how to engage others
Attentive Reassurance - Listens and concentrates on others. Is reliable, available and attentive.
The professional nurse demonstrates attentive reassurance by being:
Optimistic
Accessible to patients and families
Available and re-confirming that availability
Reassuring
Self-reliant and demonstrating self- knowledge
Clarifying misperceptions-Using HEART as needed
Encouraging Manner - The professional nurse communicates an attitude that is supportive, open, positive and tolerant by demonstrating:
Knowledge and effective use of THR communication tools (HEART, Error Prevention Tools: Speak up for Safety, Question and Resolve)
Supportive verbal and non-verbal demeanor
Enthusiasm
Positive feedback
Supportive view of the system
Empowering, inspiring behaviors
Healing Environment - The professional nurse creates settings that provide privacy, safety, confidentiality and tranquility demonstrated by:
Establishing a safe environment
Using frequent checks/surveillance including national patient safety goals(NPSG)
Providing safety information and associated teach-backs
Validating the call system is in place
Completing accurate, timely and comprehensive hand offs
Maintaining privacy and confidentiality
Ensuring clean and pleasant surroundings
Demonstrating knowledge of and effectively using Error Prevention safety/communications tools
Demonstrating knowledge of current evidence related to prevention of adverse outcomes
Using safety enhancing technologies recognizing the benefits and limitations of them
Demonstrating understanding of the ethical standard, fidelity
Teamwork -- "Individuals caring for individuals, together"
Communicates and collaborates with all members of the health care team:
Delegates effectively by making eff
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