Registered Nurse - PACU

POSITION SUMMARY:

At Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, our Registered Nurses are critical members of the team who diagnose and treat responses to actual or potential health problems by means of nursing methods and techniques such as case finding, health teaching and counseling. Incumbents provide care supporting to and restorative of health and well-being, while adhering to a medical regimen. 

JOB DUTIES & ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: 

• Assess the patient’s condition and nursing needs; coordinate nursing care activities with other health disciplines involved in the treatment effort to relate and integrate the nursing regimen with the treatment plan for patients.  
• Develop a written individualized care plan which includes teaching needs and discharge planning.  
• Administer direct care when professional nursing skills and judgment are needed.  
• Administer medication. 
• Practice infection ...