Registered Nurse Preop Pacu - Ortho & Spine Oak Hollow Surgery Center
The competent Nurse, in the same or similar clinical setting, practices independently and demonstrates an awareness of all relevant aspects of a situation.
- Unit and setting
- Preop Pacu · Ambulatory Surgery
- License
- RN licenseRN license in state of employment or compact
- Term
- Per DiemPRN
Do you qualify?
- License
- RN license in state of employment or compact RN License in state of employment or compact Check your license
- Certification
- BLS BLS required
Preferred
- Education
- BSN Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred
- Experience
- 1 year of related nursing specialty experience 1 year of experience in the related nursing specialty preferred
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- Meets expectations of OneCHRISTUS Competencies Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
- Day to day
- Provides nursing care utilizing the nursing process
- Day to day
- Addresses psychological, emotional, cultural, and social needs of patients and families Addresses increasingly complex psychological, emotional, cultural, and social needs of patient and families in accordance with their level of practice.
- Day to day
- Administers medications and treatments and monitors effects Using the appropriate protocol, administers medications and treatments; monitors for side-effects and effectiveness of the treatment prescribed.
- Day to day
- Documents patient history, symptoms, medication, and care Documents patient history, symptoms, medication, and care given.
- Day to day
- Provides education to patients, families, and caregivers Assess learning needs and provides education to patients, family members and/or care givers; identify issues and resources.
- Day to day
- Makes assignments and delegates to other care providers Makes appropriate assignments and delegates to other care providers as a means to help manage the clinical situation.
- Employment
- Per Diem As Needed Work Type: Per Diem As Needed
The workplace
You will need a car here: about 90% of people drive, VIA is a backup rather than a substitute, and I-10, I-35, I-281, and Loop 1604 back up from 4 to 6 p.m.
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Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Operating Room is a specialty you move into. Periop programs often train from the ground up.
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Summary
The competent Nurse, in the same or similar clinical setting, practices independently and demonstrates an awareness of all relevant aspects of a situation. Provides routine and complex care, with the ability to on long-range goals or plans. Continues to develop the ability to cope with and manage contingencies of clinical nursing. Makes appropriate assignments and delegates to other care providers as a means to help manage the clinical situation.
Responsibilities
- Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
- Consistent with the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, provides nursing care utilizing the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation for assigned patients.
- Addresses increasingly complex psychological, emotional, cultural, and social needs of patient and families in accordance with their level of practice.
- Using the appropriate protocol, administers medications and treatments; monitors for side-effects and effectiveness of the treatment prescribed.
- Documents patient history, symptoms, medication, and care given.
- Assess learning needs and provides education to patients, family members and/or care givers; identify issues and resources.
Job
Requirements
Education/Skills
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred
Experience
- 1 year of experience in the related nursing specialty preferred
Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications
- BLS required
- RN License in state of employment or compact
Work Schedule
PRN
Work Type
Per Diem As Needed
What's around it?
San Antonio, TXFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 5% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,324/mo
- Household income
- $65,056/yr, all local households, not nurse pay