Nurse, Peri-Anesthesia
- Employer
- Kaiser Permanente
- Location
- Largo, Maryland
- Posted
- Oct 23, 2024
- Closes
- Jan 08, 2025
- Ref
- 71686211984
- Sector
- RN (Registered Nurse)
- Specialty
- Nurse
Job Summary:
Provides quality patient care for pre-operative and post-operative patients, in accordance with nursing philosophy and approved standards.
Essential Responsibilities:
Provides quality patient care for pre-operative and post-operative patients, in accordance with nursing philosophy and approved standards.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Performs within the established standard of pre- and post- anesthesia nursing and critical care nursing.
- Utilizes the standard of care in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the surgical patient in the delivery of pre-operative and post-operative nursing care.
- Formulates care plans based on individual assessment of physiologic functions and problems identified pre-operatively and intra-operatively.
- Provides nursing care utilizing clinical knowledge and expertise, reacting immediately to adverse physiological changes within seconds, to reverse and revive the patients physiological functions.
- Renders nursing care following aseptic techniques.
- Assembles and communicates appropriate information in verbal or written reports in order to maintain continuity of care.
- Executes proper use of equipment and supplies used in the pre-operative area and the recovery (Stage I and Stage II) area.
- Participates in the Perioperative Services quality assurance program.
- Promotes personal and professional growth by actively participating in continuing education programs.
- Participates in the professionalism of the Perioperative Services by adhering to the standards.
- May be required to administer conscious sedation after appropriate training and competency requirements are met
- Assumes other related duties as directed.