Registered Nurse, PACU, Seasonal, (October-December)

• Licensure as a registered nurse in Texas.

• BLS certification; ACLS certification or successful completion within 3 months of hire date.

• Minimum of two years’ work experience as a staff nurse with surgical floor experience with spines and joints

Essential functions

• Performs assessment/data collection in an ongoing and systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychological, and cognitive status.

• Formulates a goal directed plan of acre, which is prioritized and based on determined nursing diagnosis and patient outcomes.

• Implements care in a knowledgeable, skilled consistent manner in reaching the desired patient outcomes through nursing processes.

• Establish priorities of patient care based on essential patient needs and available center resources of time, personnel, equipment, and supplies.

• Performs efficiently in emergency patient situations following established protocols, remaining calm, informing appropriate persons, and documenting events.

• Demonstrates applied knowledge base in areas of medical/surgical patient care, pain assessment and actions of pharmaceuticals and anesthetic agents, laboratory values, safety and legal issues and all emergency equipment.

• Practices effective problem identification and resolution skills as a method of sound decision making.

• Performs documentation duties on the floor and in the patient record, which is timely, accurate and concise.

• Works as part of a team in delivering patient care.

• Maintains BLS and ACLS certification.

• Attends all mandatory in services and participates in staff meetings.

• Remains flexible, adaptive, and able to accept and implement new ideas and approaches.

• Treats all patients equally adopting the center’s Patient Rights policy.

• Reviews and carries out physician orders in an appropriate professional manner.

• Willingness to assist with other duties when asked.