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NURSE (PERIOPERATIVE/AMBULATORY)
Military Treatment Facilities under DHA · Posted 47 days ago
On-site Tripler Army Medical Center, HI $120K – $156K Apply by May 27, 2026 Nurse ESFJINFJISFJISTJ Healthcare
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About the Position: This position is with Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC) in the Directorate of Nursing Same Day Surgery in Honolulu, Hawaii. Tripler Army Medical Center is a tobacco-free workplace. Tobacco products include, but are not limited to, smoking, smokeless tobacco, and electronic nicotine delivery devices.
What You'll Do
- →Responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care for infant, child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.
- →Assess patients' physiological and psychosocial status to formulate a baseline plan of nursing care to include preparing goals and developing expected patient outcomes.
- →Initiate and carries out a variety of age-specific nursing assessments in preparation for surgery.
- →Confirm patient identity (using approved patient identifiers), verifies operative site, surgical procedure, ensures operative medical record is properly prepared, informed consent document is present, verifies NPO status and patient allergies.
- →Teach patients and significant others regarding surgical procedures and routines expected during the perioperative period.
- →Individualize each patient's treatment, reflecting developmental needs.
- →Document care using hard copy and automated documentation systems.
- →Identifies, documents, and implements nursing orders appropriate to patient care problems.
- →Observe and assess patient's condition; recognizes subtle changes and interprets its significance and criticality.
- →Evaluates and use judgment in selecting appropriate and necessary action and determine need for calling physician and provides specialized care until doctor arrives.
- →Administer oxygen, IV medication and fluid, blood and its derivatives, and other specialized therapy.
- →Performs bladder catheterizations, tracheal, nasopharyngeal, and endo-tracheal suctioning.
- →Serve as unit charge nurse assigning, directing, and coordinating nursing activities for all assigned personnel.
- →Assign staff to patient-to-patient care duties based on patient’s condition and experience of staff member.
Requirements
- ✓For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
- ✓Only degrees from an accredited college or university recognized by the Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute education for experience.
- ✓For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and U.S.
- ✓Department of Education websites.
- ✓Education above high school level completed in a college, university, or other educational institution must be accredited by one of the accrediting agencies or associations recognized by the Secretary, U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓When using education to qualify you must submit your transcripts.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 978b5cc8-b326-4442-af75-cd655d0c6e75
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