Operating Room RN Job Description
Operating Room RN Duties & Responsibilities
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Operating Room RN Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Operating Room RN
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Education for Operating Room RN
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Skills for Operating Room RN
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Operating Room RN Examples
Operating Room RN Job Description
- Adheres to all facility policies and procedures when providing patient care Demonstrates continued competence in assessing, treating, and caring for individuals based upon age-specific needs utilizing a developmental perspective
- Administers therapeutic measures as prescribed by the physician to include, but not limited to, medication administration, intravenous fluids, treatments and maintains those measures taken which are ongoing in nature
- Participates in the development, updating and evaluation of standards of care and quality improvement monitoring
- Collaborate with other health care professionals and service providers to ensure optimal patient care in the Operating Room or designated area
- Completes required documentation in a timely manner
- Adheres to VHA directives and AORN Practice Guidelines
- Provides direct patient care according to nursing and medical plan of care and within scope of practice
- Coordinates and provides patient care as circulator or scrub in the operating room
- Involves patient and family or significant others in plan of care, using population-specific criteria
- Performs circulating functions before surgery, including preparing the operating environment, orienting and assessing the patient, and reviewing patient’s medical record and surgeon’s notes to ensure all pre-requisites and preferences are net
- Minimum two (2) years OR and/or PACU experience required
- One (1) year experience in pediatric and/or adult intensive care as an RN preferred
- Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing for new graduates
- Please review additional job requirements based on unit section for additional certification requirements
- Prefer (1) years experience in surgery
- Twelve (12) months acute care experience working with the patient population similar to department of hire or completion of the specialty residency located at that facility required (OR nursing experience)
Operating Room RN Job Description
- Adheres to all facility policies and procedures when providing patient care.Utilizes nursing care standards when planning and implementing patient care
- Implement nursing actions in transferring the patient according to plan of care
- Participate in patient/family teaching
- Administer drugs and solutions as prescribed
- Evaluate the effectiveness of nursing care
- Attend department staff meetings, and educational opportunities
- Responsible for other tasks such as picking supplies for cases, turning over rooms, stocking, , as assigned by the Director of Nursing
- Exemplifies our organization’s values of Clinical Quality, Integrity, Service Excellence, Teamwork, Accountability, and Continuous Improvement
- Implementation of care is demonstrated through verbalization and demonstration of consistent use of and compliance with written protocols such as pain, conscious sedation, skin, restraint, and abuse
- Administers medications and IV therapy safely and according to procedure
- This position requires circulating and scrub experience
- Compassionate team members and leadership that foster an environment apt for you to learn and thrive as a nurse
- Minimum 1 year previous acute care experience preferred
- 1-3 years of OR nursing experience required
- Previous circulating experience preferred, if no previous circulating experience, at least two (2) years previous Critical Care or Emergency Center experience
- License to practice in the State of Utah
Operating Room RN Job Description
- Engage in Professito the top of license within the legal parameters of the Nurse Practice Act, the Nursing Social Policy Statement, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and specialty standards
- Lead and coordinates team, appropriately delegates, coordinates care and collaborates with others as equal members of the inter-professional care team to integrate nursing knowledge
- One year of RN experience in an OR is preferred
- Performs operating room functions including the selection and handling of instruments and supplies used during procedure
- One year OR experience is preferred
- Understands the Mission Statement of Providence Holy Cross Surgery Center and carries out that Mission
- Cares for terminally ill patient and family
- Assists Anesthesiologist per protocol
- Performs cardiovascular assessment
- Performs neurological assessment
- PALS and BLS certifications required
- Pediatric and/or orthopedic experience preferred
- Current BLS certification upon hire
- One year recent OR RN circulating experience in a multispecialty setting
- Completion of a Fairview Sponsored Peri-op 101 course or2 years of experience as a certified surgical technologist may be used in lieu of the experience requirement
- Minimum of 1 year OR RN experience, or completion of an approved Periop 101 program, or 2 years’ experience as a Surgical Technologist
Operating Room RN Job Description
- Supervises the control and maintenance of drugs, inventory of pyxis
- The Operating Room RN assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the care of patients throughout surgical intervention
- Meets or exceeds all LMC requirements for attendance and service expectations
- Completes yearly safety training and other mandatory classes
- Complies with all annual employee health requirements
- Earns a minimum of 15 hours of continuing education annually within specialty
- 48 hours in two weeks
- Day/Eveningt Shifts (typically Sunday- Thursday), 8 hours
- Includes rotation of weekends and holidays
- May include some call hours, they are part of the work agreement for RN's in the Fairview Southdale Operating Suites
- Graduate of an Accredited School of Nursing - ADN/BSN
- Minimum 1-3 years OR/Surgical experience
- Associates degree in nursing from an accredited required, a bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred
- Current RN licensure in the state of Illinois required
- Minimum one year of nursing experience in acute OR setting
- Certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) preferred
Operating Room RN Job Description
- AORN and/or CNOR certification preferred
- One year of operating room experience preferred
- LA RN license required
- Must be PALS certified within one year of hire
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Healthcare Provider and any relevant certification as determined at position level
- Registered Nurse license in the state of Kentucky
- MN RN license by start date
- Must have current computer skills
- OR RN work experience, or completion in the Periop 101 program/course , or RN new graduate who has completed their OR internship at Fairview or has 2 years of work experience as a surgical technologist
- OR Nursing experience required
- Previous circulating experience in Main OR setting required
- At least 3 years of Operating Room (OR) circulating and/or scrubbing experience