Registered Nurse

PACU: REGISTERED NURSE

Post Anesthesia Care Unit

Provides safe and effective nursing care, consistent with the hospital's mission statement, policies and procedures. Scope of patient care services provided encompass all age groups, ranging from pediatrics to geriatrics.

Accountabilities include:

• observing patients for side effects of anesthesia

• Monitoring and recording patient vital signs

• Monitoring patient's level of consciousness throughout sedation recovery

• Performing post-operative tasks, such as administering medication or changing dressings

• Checking and updating patient files, charts and medical records

• Collaborating with surgeons, anesthesiologists, physicians and other members of the patient's care team

• Providing comfort and answering questions when patients wake from sedation

• Educating patients and their families regarding post-surgery care at home

REQUIREMENTS:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing;

• Current license within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a Registered Nurse;

• CPR Certification: ACLS, PALS

• Cardiac arrhythmia certification

Preferences

• Two years of perioperative or emergency room experience preferred