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The RN Procedural Periop  is responsible for providing high quality, skilled nursing services to assist patients to achieve optimum health, functional health status and safe passage while receiving an invasive or interventional procedure during an episodic or series of visits. All patients have unique needs and experience these needs across wide ranges or continuums from health to illness. The more compromised patients are, the more severe or complex their needs. The dimensions of a nurse's practice are driven by the needs of a patient and family, which requires nurses to be proficient in multiple dimensions of nursing practice. Nurse competencies stem from patient needs and the characteristics of the nurse and patient synergies are when optimal patient outcomes can result. The  RN Procedural Periop may need to demonstrate technical expertise in the follow areas Periop, PACU, and procedural areas to support patient care during the episodic visit where interventions and procedures occur.

A goal of nursing is to utilize the nursing process to support a patient in achieving an optimal level of wellness as defined by the patient. Through skilled assessment and triage, education, collaboration and coordination of healthcare and community resources, the RN Procedural Periop assists patients to achieve optimum functional health status and safe passage throughout their procedural experience. The  RN Procedural Periop assists patients/families, staff and systems to achieve high quality, evidence-based, cost-effective, and patient-focused outcomes.

Nursing care provided by nurses that function in the interventional/procedural areas reflects the nursing process through an integration of knowledge, skills, experience, and attitudes needed to meet the needs of patients and families. Specific domains of nursing practice include:

Clinical Judgment: The  RN Procedural Periop incorporates clinical reasoning, which includes clinical decision-making, critical thinking, and a global grasp of the situation, coupled with nursing skills acquired through a process of integrating formal and informal experiential knowledge and evidence- based guidelines.

1. Clinical Judgment: The  RN Procedural Periop incorporates clinical reasoning, which includes clinical decision-making, critical thinking, and a global grasp of the situation, coupled with nursing skills acquired through a process of integrating formal and informal experiential knowledge and evidence- based guidelines.
2. Clinical Inquiry: The  RN Procedural Periop exhibits the ongoing process of questioning and evaluating practice and providing informed practice changes. Creates practice changes through research utilization and experiential learning while leveraging the methods and tools of the Virginia Mason Production System (VMPS) to continuously improve the care delivery system. May be asked to participate in quality or safety process improvement teams or projects.
3. Caring Practices: The RN Procedural Periop demonstrates behaviors that create a compassionate, supportive, and therapeutic environment for patients and staff during their episodic visit, with the aim of promoting comfort and healing and preventing unnecessary suffering. Includes, but is not limited to, vigilance, engagement, and responsiveness of caregivers, including family and healthcare personnel. Incorporates the caring principles of Knowing, Doing For, Being With, Enabling and Maintaining Belief in accordance with Swanson’s Caring Theory.
4. Collaboration: The RN Procedural Periop works with others (e.g., patients, families, healthcare providers) in a way that promotes/encourages each person's contributions toward achieving optimal/realistic patient/family goals. Involves intra- and inter-disciplinary work with colleagues and community
5. Advocacy and Moral Agency: The  RN Procedural Periop works on another's behalf and represents the concerns of the patient when patient is unable as well as serves as a moral agent in identifying and helping to resolve ethical and clinical concerns within and outside the clinical setting.
6. Response to Diversity: The RN Procedural Periop demonstrates the sensitivity to recognize, appreciate and incorporate differences into the provision of care. Differences may include, but are not limited to, cultural differences, spiritual beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, age, and values. Embraces organizational Respect for People tenets into all facets of professional nursing practice
7. Facilitation of Learning: The RN Procedural Periop exhibits the ability to facilitate learning for patients/families, nursing staff, other members of the healthcare team, and community. Includes both formal and informal facilitation of learning and education.
8. Systems Thinking: The RN Procedural Periop possesses the body of knowledge and tools that allow the nurse to safely transition patients from one care setting to another. Demonstrates leadership skills in navigating systems and environmental resources as needed for the patient/family and staff.
   

Required: 

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing approved by the Washington State Board of Nursing
• Current Registered Nurse licensure by the Washington State Board of Nursing 
• Completion of related residency program with minimum one (1) year of experience in area of care (OR, PACU)
• Strong patient assessment skills, ability to work collaboratively in team setting, current working knowledge of electronic medical records
• CPR certification is required every two years
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification (depending on location)

Preferred

• A minimum of one (1) year experience in GI specialty
• Certification in related areas of care, such as OR, PACU

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