Nurse Competency Report

Priscila Gonzalez, Nurse II, Bachelors educated RN in the Perioperative Unit (OR). Her role is to provide direct care and leadership to the surgical nursing team. Her function includes safely assuring and assisting the patients to navigate the surgical pre-operative, intra-operative, and immediate post-operative processes. This role incorporates preoperative review of existing assessment information ensuring completeness of surgical records/data, implementing any immediate surgical/anesthesia orders, communicate pre-operative medical changes, and act as advocate for patient safety through patient centered care. Ms Gonzalez skillfully demonstrated leadership, functioning to the role of unit facilitator in the absence of the Unit Flow Coordinator. This proficiency report demonstrates examples of how Ms. Gonzalez uses her perioperative nursing knowledge and skills to provide patient centered nursing care in meeting and/or exceeding the Qualification Standards in the four areas for a Nurse II. Ms. Gonzalez provided valuable input to this …show more content…
Diligently verifies completeness of all required pre-op documentation and preparation. Highly thinks of innovative ways and alternative actions to take when confronted with obstacles. This was very evident when the OR was faced with problems related to limited space (accommodate six patients scheduled for 7:30 am when holding only has 5 bays). Noting the issue at hand, Ms Gonzalez, searched for plausible solutions and assisted NM in identifying the best action without compromising quality of patient care and staff service. She triage patients and have the sixth most stable pt come down and be accommodated in the PACU space to be received and monitored by the OR RN ready for Cases were completed with minimal