RN Circulator
Location: Bozeman Montana
Description: Bozeman Deaconess Hospital is at present recruited RN Circulator right now, this occupation will be placed in Montana. Detailed specification about this occupation opportunity kindly see the descriptions. Bachelor's degree from accredited School of Nursing, Associates degree, or Diploma
Maintains current, unrestricted MT licensure;
BLS upon hire; ACLS-must be obtained within 6 months of h! ire for regular employees.
Agency nurses must have ACLS prior to start date.
1 yr to 18 mo.of RN experience in another setting
BSN
CNOR
1-3 years circulating experience; 1-3 years scrub experience
Job Code Specific - Registered Nurse:
Must possess the skills and abilities to engage in the nursing process including but not limited to the assessment, nursing analysis, planning, nursing intervention and evaluation in the promotion and maintenance of the patient's health across the continuum of life. Must have the skills needed to supervise and delegate appropriate functions to subordinate personnel. Must have the skills/abilities to evaluate and ensure that the medical plan of care is carried out. Must have the educational, physical and mental capabilities to perform procedures common to their nursing unit. Must complete department specific competency validation checklists within four (4) month probationary perio! d or as designated per topic.
Job Title Specific -! Perioperative RN (Circulator):
This RN plans, delivers, and evaluates nursing care for patients whose protective reflexes or self-care abilities are potentially compromised during surgical or other invasive procedures. Standards of Practice crucial to this role are assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care, health teaching, consultation, evaluation, quality of practice, professional education,collegiality, collaboration, ethics, research, resource utilization, and leadership. The RN works collaboratively with other perioperative professionals (eg, surgeons, anesthesia care providers, surgical technologists, nursing aides) to meet patient needs and is accountable for the patient outcomes resulting from the nursing care provided during the surgical or invasive procedure. Possessing clinical knowledge, judgment, and critical-thinking skills based on evidenced principles, the perioperative nurse plans and implements n! ursing care to address the physical and behavioral/spiritual of the patient while continuously monitoring safety during surgical or invasive procedure - all of this is based on the AORN PNDS Perioperative Patient Focused Model. The perioperative nurse has a goal to advocate for patients, their families, and significant others in order to achieve a level of wellness equal to or greater than that which they had before the procedure. This RN may delegate certain patient care tasks to suitably trained and competent allied health providers and assistive personnel as determined by BDH and professional Standards of Care outlined by AORN, but retains accountability for the outcome of perioperative nursing care. At minimum, one RN Circulator should be dedicated to each patient, as there is nothing more paramount and important to the RN as the patient.
This RN may also function in the Scrub role - as determined by incoming skills and abilities, or through orientation via BDH! Surgical Services. Either will be evaluated or guided by AORN standard! s of the RN Scrub.
Job Code Specific - Registered Nurse:
1. Collects Comprehensive data pertinent to the patient’s health or the situation (Assessment)
2. Analyzes the assessment data to determine diagnoses or issues (Diagnosis)
3. Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient or the situation (Outcome)
4. Develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes (Plan of Care)
5. Implements the identified plan of care
6. Employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment
7. Systematically enhances the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice
8. Attains knowledge and competency that reflects current nursing practice
9. Evaluates one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards a
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guidelines, relevant statutes, rules and regulations
10.Interacts with and contri! butes to the professional development of peers and colleagues
11.Collaborates with patient, family and others in the conduct of nursing practice
12. Integrates ethical provisions in all areas of practice
13. Integrates research findings into practice
14. Provides leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession
Job Title Specific - Perioperative RN (Circulator):
Essential functions categorized structurally by the (4) domains of the AORN PNDS Perioperative Patient Focused Model of Care:
1. Safety: Demonstrates the ability to establish an environment of safety for the surgical patient.
2. Physiologic: Demonstrates the ability to assess, diagnoses, implement, and evaluate treatments and procedures that contribute to the physiological stability of the surgical patient.
3. Behavioral: Demonstrates knowledge about the psychologic, sociologic and spiritual resp! onses of the patient and their families to the operative or other invas! ive procedure, including participation of patient in their recovery. Supports patient’s rights and ethics by delivering consistent, competent and ethical care within legal standards of practice, while maintaining privacy and supporting the patient’s value system.
4. Health Systems: Demonstrates knowledge of the health system environment and administrative issues that impact job performance, safety and ethical considerations.
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This occupation starts available on: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:03:32 GMT