Surgery Nurse

• Does admission and ongoing assessment of patient’s condition
• Provides nursing care to meet the patient’s physical, psychological and spiritual needs
• Notifies doctor of changes in assessment that require attention
• Designs, directs, evaluates, and documents the plan of care, patient/family teaching and the transition of care plan to include a safe appropriate level of care discharge
• Works with other clinical disciplines to meet specialized patient care and discharge needs
• Formulates a plan of care and daily goals that takes into consideration the individualized needs of the patient
• Prepares patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries and diagnostic studies to help reduce patient anxiety
• Knows patients' conditions and reports significant changes to Charge Nurse/Team Leader, and/or physician
• Implements patient safety initiative and protocols including medication safety practices, physician orders, consult notifications
• Reassesses patients at appropriate intervals following interventions
• Notifies physician as necessary to modify interventions
• Adjusts nursing care to meet patient's emerging and changing needs
• Gives and receives report using Bedside Shift Report including family participation
• Provides an accurate and comprehensive report to the oncoming shift to help establish continuity of patient care
• Receives report from off-going shift and delegates tasks as needed to provide continuity of care according to coworker's experience, abilities and the patient's acuity
• Maintains patient and work environment to maximize safe working space
• Promptly removes all used and soiled equipment, linen, etc. to appropriate location
• Incorporates national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety and satisfaction
• Reports all patient safety and hazard concerns immediately

• Associates degree in Nursing
• At least one (1) year of RN experience
• Demonstrated competence in Registered Nurse I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire
• Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days

Bachelors Of Nursing

• health/dental/vision
• FSA
• matching retirement plans
• paid time off
• tuition assistance
• adoption assistance
• medical
• prescription drug
• dental
• vision plans
• life insurance
• paid time off (full-time benefit eligible employees may receive a minimum of 14 paid time off days, including holidays annually)
• tuition reimbursement
• retirement plan benefit(s) including, but not limited to, 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefits offerings