Travel Nurse - Registered Nurse - PACU - Healthcare Staffing Plus : Job Details

Compensation : $61 - $61 Hourly Start Date : 08/13/2023 End Date : 08/17/2023 Security Clearance : None Job Id : 44 RN - Monday - Friday, Rotating Shift with on-call rotation Department: Surgery Recovery Room Shift Timings: 07:00 - 18:30 Roles & Responsibilities

• Monitoring post-operative patients' levels of consciousness during recovery from anesthesia.
• Measuring and recording patients' vital signs.
• Closely observing patients for signs of side effects of anethesia medication.
• Treating pain, nausea, and other post-operative symptoms of anesthesia.
• Updating charts, patient files, and medical records.
• Collaborating with the medical team on post-operative patient care and facilitating timely specialized interventions.
• Providing comfort and reassurance to distressed post-operative patients and concerned family members.
• Educating patients and their families on post-surgery care, as well as answering questions.

Minimum Qualifications

• Hospital units: PACU Unit descriptions : post anesthesia recovery unit
• Nurse to patient ratios 1:2 depending on acuity 1:1 for kids and
• ICU Patient population : all age, all surgical cases
• # beds per unit: 20
• Other staff/resources on the unit: unit secretary,
• PCT x 2 Certifications required per unit:
• ACLS, PALS
• Operating room: case type, # cases per day/year 30-60 per day