RN PACU FT Days

Core Competencies

• Adheres to infection prevention guidelines
  
  
• Adheres to policies, procedures, and standards of practice to deliver safe and optimal care
  
  
• Assesses patient history, physiological, and psychosocial status
  
  
• Communicates with the patient, family, medical staff and others during the continuum of care
  
  
• Complies with Joint Commission’s national patient safety goals
  
  
• Complies with organizational quality dashboard/benchmarking goals
  
  
• Interprets common variables affecting patient care and follows reporting process
  
  
• Maintains regulatory compliance consistent with quality standards and ethical obligations of the profession
  
  
• Participates in activities in alignment with the Magnet Model
  
  
• Participates in organizational activities
  
  
• Participates in Peer Review
  
  
• Participates in professional development activities
  
  
• Performs as a preceptor in an active and engaged manner
  
  
• Provides age-specific individualized care that supports protection from harm and complies with patient safety centered interventions/bundles
  
  
• Provides patient and family education throughout the care of patient
  
  
• Uses critical thinking to formulate and carry out a care plan according to patient needs
  
  
• Utilizes resources in an economical manner
  
  
• Utilizes safe administration of medications
  
  
• Utilizes Safe Patient Handling
  
  

Department Specific Competencies

• Adjusts the patient bed appropriately for the procedure.
  
  
• Regulates patient body temperature using warm air blanket or warm blankets.
  
  
• Provides privacy for the patient.
  
  
• Monitors and manages the patient who has recently undergone general or regional anesthesia.
  
  
• Manages adjunctive airway devices effectively, including assisting with intubations. Suctions airway passages effectively and manages use of mechanical ventilation to ensure adequate gas exchange.
  
  
• Removes artificial airway nasopharyngea Oropharyngeal LMAET Tube.
  
  
• Collects and analyzes patient data to ensure airway patency and adequate gas exchange.
  
  
• Assists patients to understand information related to a specific surgery procedure.
  
  
• Monitors patients using the Aldrete Scoring system.
  
  
• Arterial Line Management- Monitors patient with arterial line , Swan-ganz, and CVP.
  
  
• Meets with patient and family regarding feedback and follows up on their issues; Implements planned service recovery strategies, if indicated, appropriately documenting the incident and informing appropriate departments
  
  
• Monitors and reports to the Unit Lead RN any patient or family complaints, intervening before issues arise and implements service recovery strategies as needed.
  
  

Education

Experience

License / Certification Requirements