Full time, Full Time
Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center
Lanham, MD, USA
Staff Nurse – Short Stay Unit
Position Purpose
Responsible for admission and discharge of outpatients from the OPS area. Assesses and documents same for all assigned patients (24 hour, A.M. admits, I&O); provides nursing interventions and secures medical intervention as needed resulting in the delivery of quality care services.
Role Specific Competencies
1. Delivers quality nursing care to surgical patients in the pre- and post-operative phase of surgical intervention that is consistent with published standards for nursing practice.
Assesses patient and documents same on appropriate form, prior to patient transfer preoperatively, and/or discharge from outpatient surgical suite.
Reviews patient chart for completeness and reports abnormal results to Charge Nurse, surgeon and anesthesiologist that result in
medical intervention without significant delay to patient’s planned procedure.
All information recorded on patient’s data base and chart is...