Registered Nurse - Recovery Room Nurse
Planned Parenthood
- Fayetteville, NC
- $33.05-40.30 per hour
- Permanent
- Part-time
- Passionate about reproductive health care and justice.
- Believe sexual health is essential to every person’s overall health, well-being, and happiness.
- Passionate about providing direct patient care in clinical abortion care.
- Firm believer in providing non-judgmental care.
- Experience working across a diverse service area.
- Growth and learning are important to you.
- Provide nursing care to the patients in recovery room in accordance with all PPSAT policies and procedures, and all applicable state and federal regulations.
- Assist and monitor patients in recovery room, including taking vital signs, administer medication, giving verbal and written aftercare instructions and birth control information.
- Provide excellent customer service, eliciting client needs, and educating clients on PPSAT services and community resources.
- Provides education in an non-judgmental manner to patients by providing support and information on reproductive and sexual health issues, including birth control methods and pregnancy options including abortion, STI’s/HIV and safer sex.
- Responsible for stocking recovery room with necessary supplies such as snacks, drinks, pads, brochures, and PPSAT consent/patient education sheets.
- Assist with health center preparations and patient education as necessary and directed.
- Prepare and administer medications per provider orders.
- Maintain complete and accurate log of controlled substances administration.
- Ensure patient charts and logs are completed and maintained in a timely, accurate and thorough manner, including staff signatures and initials where required.
- Assist with the completion and documentation of Quality Control tasks, audits, and other quality assurance/management procedures as assigned.
- Participate in health center staff meetings and emergency drills.
- Assist Health Center Manager (HCM) in the development and implementation of new staff training. Participate in research activities, including recruitment and screening, as appropriate and as needed.
- Establish and maintain IV access as needed.
- Assist provider with routine procedures and emergencies during clinical sessions.
- Participate in maintaining a clean and safe environment.
- Monitor emergency cart inventory and equipment log on a monthly basis for all routine and emergency expired medications and supplies per PPSAT protocol. Report any concerns to HCM or ND.
- Take responsibility to remain informed about family planning methods, abortion options, services offered by PPSAT, and PPSAT protocols, policies, and procedures.
- Maintain ACLS certification.
- Establish and maintain IV access.
- Prepare and administer IV medications per provider orders.
- Assess patient during procedure and in recovery per protocols.
- Assist provider with management of complications.
- Use EHR to document consent form completely and appropriately.
- Assist with scheduling abortion visit for patients receiving 72hour consent as needed.
- Triage patient daytime emergency calls to ensure timely response and documents interaction in the EHR.
- Consult with PPSAT clinicians and CMO for guidance on providing medical advice to patients as needed
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