Registered Nurse - Surgery (circulating)

Overview

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Part-Time, benefited position working 64 hours Monday - Friday per two week pay period. Required on call every 5th weekend and one night per week. Holidays work includes on-call in a rotation.

Coordinates and performs perioperative nursing activities in the assigned operating room in a cirulating capacity during the perioperative, intraoperative, & post-op phases of the patient's surgical experience.

Responsibilities

• Maintains the standards of nursing care and implements the policies and procedures of the hospital and nursing department.
• Assesses the health status of the patient of all ages throughout the perioperative period.
• Establishes patient goals based on nursing diagnosis.
• Implements nursing actions in transferring the patient according to the prescribed plan.
• Creates and maintains a sterile field.
• Prepares and gathers equipment and supplies based on patient needs.
• Performs sponge, sharps and instrument counts.
• Administers drugs and solutions as prescribed by the physician.
• Physiologically monitors the patient during surgery.
• Monitors and controls the environment.
• Respects patient's rights.
• Performs nursing actions that demonstrate accountability.
• Evaluates patient outcomes.
• Measures effectiveness of nursing care.
• Continuously reassesses all components of patient care based on new data.
• Participates in orientation of new personnel and performance evaluation of nursing staff.
• Participates in staff development programs.
• Pull supplies for scheduled procedures for the next day.
• Relieve staff for breaks and lunches when able.
• Restock carts and supplies, put away clean instruments/trays, and do PAR level orders.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

Qualifications

Work requires a professional level of knowledge acquired by completing an accredited RN nursing education program. Must hold RN licensure from the ND State Board of Nursing for the current year.

Prefer minimum of nine months recent perioperative experience or complete approved college perioperative program. Nurses who do not meet this minimum requirement must successfully complete a surgical competency-based orientation program.