PRE OP

Company: USPI
Location: Irving
Posted on: March 19, 2023

Job Description:

• Delivers indirect and direct patient care according to established standards, taking into consideration the age and risk factors of the patient.
• Acts as a patient advocate in meeting his/her physical and psychological needs.
• Performs patient assessment and reassessment immediately upon admission and on a regular basis in accordance with standards of care with documentation of these assessments as a basis for planning each patient's care.
• Ensures that all nursing interventions and patients' responses are communicated to responsible practitioners as indicated and that all components of the nursing process are documented in accordance with standards of practice.
• Takes emergency call as assigned.
• Understand practices and ensures sterile technique. Correctly operates sterilizers.
• Integrates and coordinates care across settings and among disciplines.
• Implements physician's orders effectively and safely in accordance with standards of practice.
• Utilizes special precautions in the direct care and in the supervision of care provided to sedated patients.
  Required Skills:
  Education
  • Graduate of an accredited school of nursing, BSN preferredLicensure/Certification
    • Current Texas RN License
    • Current BLS, must get ACLS/PALS within 6 months of hireSpecific Job Experience
      • Minimum two (2) years' experience in a hospital or ASC settingKnowledge, Skills and Abilities
        • Demonstrates knowledge and ability to use the nursing process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care of the patient
        • Demonstrates discretionary ability in establishing priority.
        • Uses nursing judgment in decision-making
        • Able to recognize and intervene in stressful situations and perform effectively in stressful situations to fulfill position responsibilities.Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.

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