Registered Nurse Medical and Surgical Fakeeh University Hospital

The Registered Nurse – Medical and Surgical at Fakeeh University Hospital is responsible in Assessment, Management and Provision of Quality Nursing Care to all patients. As an active member of the multidisciplinary team they collaborate in the development, execution, and evaluation of the multidisciplinary plan of care or critical pathway. The role holder provides care for primarily adult patients before and after surgical procedures.

Responsibilities of Registered Nurse Medical and Surgical

• Coordinates healthcare plans with medical professionals, administer medications, and educate patients on surgical procedures.
• Provides direct care to assigned patients.
• Takes the nursing history, summarizes data, and states nursing diagnoses/ patient care needs.
• Observes and records signs, symptoms, and behaviours, including the physiological status of patients. Presents the assessment of changes, the proposed revision of interventions, and desired outcomes.
• Integrates nursing interventions into the multidisciplinary plan of care, incorporating appropriate standards of care and practice and patient outcomes.
• Executes physician’s orders for all assigned patients; safely and properly administers medications and treatments.
• Implements safe, competent, and efficient patient care within policies, procedures and standards, and interventions as noted on the multidisciplinary plan of care.
• Documents the nursing process to reflect a comprehensive and integrated approach to patient care.
• Evaluates patient’s responses to care based on effectiveness of nursing interventions/actions in relationship to established outcomes and consults with Medical Staff regarding clinical variances and recommended changes to the plan of care.
• Identifies learning needs of patients/families and teaches by adapting standard information to provide individualized and comprehensive teaching-learning.

Other Duties as Registered Nurse Medical and Surgical

• Utilize the resources of the Teaching-Learning Center as appropriate to meet identified patient, family and/or caregiver needs.
• Consult and coordinate with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans.
• Prepare and administer (orally, subcutaneously, through an IV) and records prescribed medications.
• Report adverse reactions to medications or treatments in accordance with the policy regarding the administration of medications by a licensed registered nurse.
• Educate patients on surgical procedures.
• Record patients’ medical information and vital signs.
• Monitor and adjust specialized equipment used on patients and interprets and records electronic displays.
• Initiate corrective action whenever the patient displays adverse symptomatology.
• Provide bedside care for a wide variety of medical patients, including pre- and post-surgery patients.
• Initiate patient education plan, as prescribed by physician. Teach patients and significant others how to manage their illness/injury, by explaining: post-treatment home care needs.
• Change dressings, inserts catheters, starts IVs.
• Prepare equipment and aid physician during examination and treatment of patient.
• Respond to life-saving situations based upon nursing standards and protocol.
• Participate in discharge planning.
• Record all care information concisely, accurately, and completely, in a timely manner, in the appropriate format and on the appropriate forms.
• Other duties as may be assigned.

Qualifications & Experience

Following is the eligibility criteria for the role of Registered Nurse Medical and Surgical at Fakeeh University Hospital:

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
• 2-3 years of experience.

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