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Job Title: Registered Nurse
Profession: Nursing
Specialty: Urology
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: 8-hour Day Shift
Hours per Shift: 32
Experience: Minimum of 2 years as a Registered Nurse
License: Active RN License
Certifications: BLS Certification required
Must-Have:
Experience with adult patient types including outpatient procedures
Skills in patient care such as consent handling, positioning, and documentation
Ability to transport patients to and from procedural rooms
Experience facilitating catheter changes and local sedation
Knowledge of specimen transport procedures
Experience with instrument setup and assisting during procedures
Description:
This position is for a Registered Nurse in a Urology Center.
The center includes 3 cystoscopy rooms, with the potential to flex to 4 when necessary.
The facility is a Level III Trauma Center and has achieved Magnet Designation.
Registered Nurses in this unit will work primarily with adult patients, focusing on outpatient care with a small percentage of inpatient cases.
Typical procedures include TURP, TURBT, cystoscopy, ureteroscopy, prostate biopsies, vasectomies, catheter changes, clot evacuations, and stent placements/removals.
The nurse-to-patient ratio is 1:1.
Required Registered Nurse skills include experience with above patient types, thorough documentation, and patient transportation.
Support on the unit includes a charge nurse who may also take patients as needed and an on-call physician available 24/7.
Phlebotomy services are also available for peripheral blood draws.
Charting is preferred to be done using EPIC.
This role may require floating to other areas during downtime.
Weekend rotation and on-call duties are required, with specific scheduling expectations.
Holiday expectations include working one summer and one winter holiday.
All staff must adhere to a fatigue policy limiting work hours to a maximum of 60 hours per week.
Scrub colors for procedural tasks will be provided.
It is essential to document pain levels before and after administering pain medications, following established protocols.