Babylon

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Faculative Nurse...One that can function in more than one environment.

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The Operating Suite is part of the cluster of care setting in Princess Margaret Hospital known as Alternative Care. Patient coming to the Operating Room come primarily from the Short Term Care Unit (18A). Operative procedures performed include surgeries for breast or prostate cancer, brachytherapy placement of radioactive sources (prostate cancer) or applicators that will later hold radioactive sources (gynecological cancers), examination under anaesthesia for tumour staging, bone marrow harvest and insertion of venous access devices. Two operative theatres, one recovery room, a pathology suite and a waiting room form the Operative Suite. This small groups of rooms facilities a cozy feeling that encourages close positive relationships between staff and patients. Nurses work with diverse members of the multidisciplinary team including surgical, medical and radiation oncologists, pathologists, anaesthetists, radiation therapists, clinical physicists, respiratory therapists and cancer researchers. Nurses coordinate large groups of participants, learners and observers in the Operating Room depending on the nature of the operative procedure. Nurses carry out float, circulating and scrub nurse roles in the opating rooms and assist in the recovery of patients. Nurses demonstrate daily their competence and knowledge about the risks and routines of operative care. Nurse caring is evident in interactions between nurses and their patients.


REQUIREMENTS

Current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario

Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (B.C.L.S.) certification and CPR

O.R. certification course

Good verbal and written communication skills

Evidence of co-operative and facultative relationships while working with the multidisciplinary team, and the ability to work independently

Evidence of good physical assessment, psycho-social, and patient/family teaching skills

Demonstrated knowledge an ability to utilize the nursing process in planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care

Demonstrated leadership/in-charge skills, and evidence of strong organizational and decision-making skills

Evidence of commitment to self-directed learning

Satisfactory attendance
PREFERRED

B.Sc.N.
Recovery Room training/experience
Experience in caring for patients with central venous lines



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REQUIREMENTS

Current registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario

Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (B.C.L.S.) certification and CPR

O.R. certification course

Good verbal and written communication skills

Evidence of co-operative and facultative relationships while working with the multidisciplinary team, and the ability to work independently

Evidence of good physical assessment, psycho-social, and patient/family teaching skills

Demonstrated knowledge an ability to utilize the nursing process in planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care

Demonstrated leadership/in-charge skills, and evidence of strong organizational and decision-making skills

Evidence of commitment to self-directed learning

Satisfactory attendance
PREFERRED

B.Sc.N.
Recovery Room training/experience
Experience in caring for patients with central venous lines

The best I can figure in this context is the following:

The staf has grown to three physicians, and two permanent and five optional nurses.

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True, I have never heard the term \'optional nurses\' either. I am just trying to help the asker make a sense of the sentence knowing of only one meaning of \'fakultativní\', namely \'optional\'.

What could be optional about the nurses? As I say below: their duties could be assigned at somebody\'s option, e.g. the scheduler, or they could be nursing positions filled optionally on as needed basis. Does anybody else have a real life experience with \'fakultativni sestra\' being used as a term? I could not find one instance of either \'facultative\' or \'faculative nurse\' on the Internet. Is it actually used as an English term? Is it a U.K. term?

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Ah, William! I see you were busy at the same time I was just musing. Well, it sure is a new thing for me. Thanks!

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I thought of \'part time\' immediately, but chose \'optional\' for the above reason and because \'částečný úvazek\' is/used to be the phrase for \'part time\'. It is, however, conceivable, as Peter suggests below that \'part time\' or \'alert/on call\' is the purpose of using \'fakultativni\'.

Anything can be expected from people who\'d rather have their country called \'Czechia\' than \'Czechland\' or \'Cesko\' (alternatively \'Czechlands\' or \'Czesko\'. :-) - Consider this remark a bonus ...

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I thought of \'part time\' immediately, but chose \'optional\' for the above reason and because \'částečný úvazek\' is/used to be the phrase for \'part time\'. It is, however, conceivable, as Peter suggests below that \'part time\' or \'alert/on call\' is the purpose of using \'fakultativni\'.

Anything can be expected from people who\'d rather have their country called \'Czechia\' than \'Czechland\' or \'Cesko\' (alternatively \'Czechlands\' or \'Czesko\'. :-) - Consider this remark a bonus ...

A nurse possesing skills in many areas of nursing.

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http://www.uhn.ca/humanresources/hrpages/nursing/pmhnursing/...

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Nurses carry out float, circulating and scrub nurse roles in the opating rooms and assist in the recovery of patients. Nurses demonstrate daily their competence and knowledge about the risks and routines of operative care. Nurse caring is evident in interactions between nurses and their patients.

fakultativní means facultative and optional, but also voluntary, which I reckon goes well with nurse and I have certainly of them

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sorry, last bit should say - \'...certainly heard of them\' (it\'s still early morning over here! :-) )