Registered Nurse, Operating Room - W Campus - OR - Operating Room
Company: Texas Children's Hospital
Location: Houston
Posted on: November 19, 2023
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Job Description:
Registered Nurse, Operating Room - W CampusJob Summary
We are searching for a Registered Nurse (RN)-Operating Room - West
Campus- Katy - someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In
this position, you'll provide nursing care to patients by
assessing, planning, educating, implementing, and evaluating
age-appropriate care in a manner that incorporates family-centered
principles and cost-effective care.
Think you've got what it takes?
Responsibilities
* Performs and documents assessment of the patient/family including
biophysical, psychosocial, developmental (age-appropriate),
culture, spiritual, and environmental needs in an organized and
systematic manner
* Analyzes situations, anticipates potential problems, and detects
changes in patient status
* Re-prioritizes and updates plan of care based on new information
and changes to the patient's condition; communicates this
information to other health care team members and documents in the
medical record
* Participates in interdisciplinary rounds and/or patient care
conferences and documents in the medical record
* Assists patients/family in implementing their role in the plan of
care as appropriate
* Assess patient family learning needs capabilities, preferences,
and readiness to learn prior to teaching
* Demonstrates positive and effective interpersonal skills when
dealing with patients/families, visitors, peers, and other health
care team members
* Administers and documents medications and treatments in a timely
manner
* Demonstrates willingness and ability to acquire new knowledge and
utilize new skills needed to improve individual, team, and
organizational performance
* Participate in unit performance improvement initiatives
Qualifications
Being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including any booster
dose(s) of the COVID-19 vaccine recommended by the Centers for
Disease Control when eligible, is required for all employees at
Texas Children's, unless approved for a medical or religious
exemption.
* Bachelor's degree in nursing, associate's degree, or technical
diploma in nursing with acceptance or current enrollment in a BSN
program and signed agreement or an associate's degree in a related
field accepted by the Texas Board of Nursing for the purposes of
obtaining and maintaining an RN license required or must be
currently enrolled in a nursing bridge program working toward an
MSN with a verified BSN-equivalency or a signed agreement.
* 1 year experience in nursing (minimum)
* RN License by Texas Board of Nursing or Nurse License Compact
* CPR - Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association
* The ability to demonstrate positive and appropriate interpersonal
skills, good time and resource management skills, flexibility,
strong oral and written communication skills, knowledge of
unit-specific equipment, and knowledge of the nursing process,
critical thinking skills, PALS, and interdisciplinary
collaboration
Company Profile
Texas Children's Hospital West Campus is Houston's first community
hospital designed, built and equipped exclusively for children in
one of the city's most rapidly growing communities in the area from
Sugar Land to Bryan-College Station, Texas. Located at I-10 and
Barker Cypress, our 515,007-square-foot hospital houses the only
24/7 pediatric emergency room in the Greater West Houston area,
four operating rooms, 16-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 46
acute care beds, advanced imaging services including MRI and CT
scans, a neurophysiology sleep lab, a pathology lab and a
full-scale pharmacy. To join our community of 14,000+ dedicated
team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career
opportunities. You can also learn more about our amazing culture at
infinitepassion.org.
Texas Children's is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All
applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions
at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical
disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age,
genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual
orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected
Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the
performance of the work involved.
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