RN OR
Company: Sigma Inc
Location: Manhattan
Posted on: March 20, 2023
Job Description:
ASC-4233 - RN Operating Room - Manhattan, KS - 13 Weeks
Contract
Sigma Healthcare Team is looking for an experienced Registered
Nurse Operating Room for our client's hospital is Manhattan,
KS.
Shift: - -06:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Position Responsibilities:
Operating Room Nurses provide direct and individualized nursing
care to patients based on the application of scientific nursing
principles. In addition to general nursing care, responsibilities
of OR Nurses include (but are not limited to):
- Consults and coordinates with health care team members to
assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans
- Conducts pre- and post-operative education
- Serves as the communication liaison to family and members of
the operating team
- Takes and monitors patients' vital signs
- Ensures that operating on correct patient and the correct
procedure is being performed
- Provides basic, bedside care
- Prepares and administers (orally, subcutaneously, through an
IV) and records prescribed medications. Reports adverse reactions
to medications or treatments in accordance with the policy
regarding the administration of medications by a licensed
registered nurse
- Responds to life-saving situations based upon nursing standards
and protocol
- Records all care information concisely, accurately and
completely, in a timely manner, in the appropriate format and on
the appropriate forms
- Preps operating room for patient/procedure
- Initiates corrective action whenever information from
monitoring equipment shows adverse symptomatology
- Monitors patients' physical and emotional well-being throughout
the care continuum
- Initiates patient education plan, as prescribed by physician.
Teaches patients and significant others how to manage their
post-treatment home care needs, self-administration of medication
and rehabilitation
- Performs other position-related duties as assigned, depending
on assignment setting
During the surgical procedure, OR Nurses can take the role of:
Circulating Nurse, with the following additional duties:
- Assists in positioning, responding to comfort/safety of
patient
- Provides for accurate care and handling of specimens
- Observes and enforces strict standards of asepsis
- Observes, checks and monitors all equipment used during surgery
to confirm they are running smoothly
- Handles patient documentation
- Inventories all items both pre- and post-surgery
Scrub Nurse, with the following additional duties:
- Selects and handles instruments and supplies used for the
operation, passing them to surgeon
- Inventories all items both pre- and post-surgery
Nurses First Assist, with the following additional duties:
- Delivers direct surgical care by assisting physicians
- Helps control bleeding
- Provides wound exposure
- Sutures patients after the surgery
Position Requirements:
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program, BSN
preferred
- Current RN license, in good standing with the State licensing
board
- Current BLS and ACLS (AHA)
- Three (3) years of OR experience
- Able to scrub a plus.
Keywords: Sigma Inc, Manhattan , RN OR, Healthcare , Manhattan, Kansas
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