Registered Nurse Pre-Op/PACU

Job description

Position Summary The Pre/Post-Operative Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for the patient’s admission to the facility, comprehensive pre-operative care, immediate post-operative care, and stabilization for admission to the inpatient department or return to the home environment. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: To utilize specialized nursing knowledge and discriminative judgment while giving direct and indirect patient care: - Acts under established protocols, policies, and provider orders - Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality - Oversee patient's pre-operative and/or postoperative care, considering both physical and psychosocial needs - Continually performs thorough and accurate patient assessment, anticipates needs, and reports relevant assessments to the appropriate provider - Oversees completion and availability of requested preoperative testing and reports abnormal results to appropriate provider - Documents, assessments and care in medical record accurately and in a timely manner - Provides patient and family education on perioperative procedures and expectations - Ensure patients have met all necessary requirements (i.e. testing, consent forms, assessments,...