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 - 18:30Roles & 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