Allina Health System Hiring for RN Perianesthesia at Minneapolis, Minnesota Full Time

Number of Job Openings Available: 1 Date Posted: January 25, 2023
Department: 31005910 Main Operating Room Preop/Postop Shift: Permanent
Evenings (United States of America) Shift Length: 8 hour shift Hours Per
Week: 24 Union Contract: MNA-1-Abbott Northwestern RN Weekend Rotation:
Other Job Summary: Nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human
response to actual or potential health problems. This includes
establishing an intentional therapeutic relationship between a
registered nurse and a patient and family. As a leader and the
integrator of care, the professional nurse has the responsibility,
authority, and accountability for planning, coordinating and evaluating
the patient’s care needs. Works with patients that are undergoing or
recovering from anesthesia or sedation monitoring closely for
complications and ensuring the optimal safety and comfort of patients
under anesthesia. Key Position Details: 0.6 evening; variable start
times on-call above work agreement weekends per unit rotation Holidays
included per unit rotation Staff work in Preop, PACU, Phase II, and may
orient to CV Preop/PACU if needed Tier 1: Minimum of 1 year Phase I and
Phase II Perianesthesia experience including ability to care for
patients on ventilators and patients with hemodynamic instability
required Tier 2: Minimum of 1 year current ICU experience or 1 current
ED experience (including STAB experience) AND ability to care for
patients on ventilators and patients with hemodynamic instability
required. Tier 3: 1 Perianesthesia experience with high acuity patients,
3+ years previous ICU experience, or 3+ years previous ED experience
with STAD experience required. Job Description: Principle
Responsibilities Assessment. Collects, prioritizes and synthesizes
comprehensive data pertinent to the patient’s health or situation.
Collects and prioritizes data in a systematic and ongoing process that
involves the patient, family, other health care providers and
environment as appropriate. Integrates data relevant to the situation to
identify needs, patterns and variances. Uses appropriate evidence based
assessment techniques and instruments in data collection. Diagnosis.
Analyzes assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses. Interprets
assessment information to identify each patient’s needs relative to
age, developmental stage and culture. Formulates, revises and resolves
nursing diagnoses that reflect the current patient status. Validates and
communicates nursing diagnoses with the patient, family and other health
care team members. Documents nursing diagnoses in compliance with the
patient care guidelines. Outcomes Identification. Identifies expected
outcomes individualized to the patient. Establishes, in the
collaboration with the family, patient, realistic and measurable patient
expected outcomes based on nursing diagnoses, patients present and
potential capabilities, goals, available resources and plan for
continuity of care. Planning. Develops a plan that prescribes
interventions to attain expected outcomes. Develops an individualized
plan considering patient characteristics or the situation as appropriate
in conjunction with the patient, family and others. Establishes a plan
that provides for continuity of care. Incorporates evidence based
nursing practice takes into consideration current statutes, rules and
regulations when developing the plan of care. Implementation. Implements
the identified plan. Implements interventions in a safe, timely,
appropriate manner. Utilizes evidence-based interventions and treatments
specific to the diagnoses as appropriate. Coordinates implementation of
the plan of care if appropriate Documents interventions according to
documentation guidelines. Evaluation. Evaluates the patient’s progress
towards attainment of the outcome. Evaluates the patient’s/family’s
understanding of and response to the plan of care. Utilizes systematic
and ongoing assessment data t revise diagnoses, outcomes and the plan
of care. Involves the patient, family, and health care team members in
the evaluation process when appropriate. Documents revisions in
diagnoses, outcomes and the plan of care according to documentation
guidelines. Quality of Practice. Systematically enhances the quality and
effectiveness of nursing practice. Participates in quality improvement
activities related to nursing practice. Incorporates available QI data
to improve nursing practice and outcome. Education. Attains knowledge
and competency that reflects current nursing practice. Participates in
educational activities related to nursing practice. Acquires and applies
the knowledge gained from educational experiences to current nursing
practice. Professional Practice Evaluation. Evaluates one’s own nursing
practice in relation to professional practice standards and regulatory
guidelines. Engages in self-evaluation of practice on a regular basis,
identifying strengths and goals for professional development. Obtains
informal feedback regarding one’s own practice from patients, peers,
professional colleagues, and others. Collegiality. Contributes to the
professional development of peers, colleagues, and others. Shares
knowledge and skills in practice settings. Provides immediate and
ongoing positive and constructive feedback to colleagues regarding their
performance. Contributes to a supportive and healthy work environment.
Collaboration. Collaborates with patient, family, and others in the
conduct of nursing practice. Partners with others to effect change and
generate positive outcomes through knowledge of the patient or
situation. Ethics. Acts in an ethical manner. Maintains a therapeutic
and professional patient-nurse relationship with appropriate
professional role boundaries. Serves as a patient advocate assisting
patients in developing skills for self-advocacy Uses available resources
to help formulate ethical decisions. Research. Integrates research
findings in practice. Utilizes the best evidence, including research
findings, to guide practice decisions. Resource Utilization.
Incorporates factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost, and impact
on practice in planning and delivering patient care. Utilizes resources
related to standards of care in a safe, effective and ethical manner.
Manages resources to assure they will be accessible to other in the
future. Leadership. Provides leadership in the professional practice
setting and the profession. Functions as a professional role model.
Promotes a positive work environment. Participates in shared
decision-making. Environmental Health. Practices in an environmentally
safe and healthy manner. Attains knowledge of environmental health
concepts, such as implementation of environmental health strategies.
Promotes a practice environment that reduces environmental health risks
for workers and healthcare consumers. Communicates environmental health
risks and exposure reduction strategies to healthcare consumers,
families, colleagues and communities. Charge Nurse (only when acting in
this role). Demonstrates ability to coordinate and direct unit operation
so the patient and family needs are met and resources are efficiently
utilized in a safe manner. Promotes an environment that encourages
individual growth, nurtures professional practice and fosters teamwork.
Collaborates effectively with unit staff, leadership and other
disciplines. Preceptor (only when acting in this role). Demonstrates
ability to identify the orientee’s learning needs and plans appropriate
learning experiences. Demonstrates ability to implement an
individualized orientation plan for the orientee. Demonstrates ability
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