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Job Title
Perioperative Registered Nurse (OR RN)
Job Summary
Join our dedicated perioperative team as a Registered Nurse in Hermiston, Oregon. This role focuses on providing comprehensive, patient-family centered care within the operating room and other perioperative service areas for diverse patient populations. The Perioperative RN is a vital member of the surgical team, ensuring patient safety and optimal outcomes throughout the intraoperative experience.
You will serve as a patient advocate, directing and supervising assigned personnel to deliver high-quality care. This position requires a commitment to excellence and collaboration within a dynamic surgical environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver safe, effective, and quality patient-family centered care during intraoperative surgical experiences.
- Act as a patient advocate, upholding patient rights, dignity, and privacy.
- Direct and supervise assigned personnel within the perioperative setting.
- Implement individualized plans of care, ensuring patient safety from environmental hazards (chemical, electrical, laser, mechanical, thermal).
- Perform accurate accounting procedures for sponges, sharps, and instruments to prevent unintended retained surgical items.
- Verify correct patient, site, and and procedure through established protocols.
- Manage patient specimens according to organizational policies and procedures.
- Administer medications safely and accurately.
- Monitor and maintain the patient's physiological stability, including wound and tissue perfusion, and the integrity of genitourinary, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, endocrine