Ardent Health Services Westwood , NJ 07675
Posted 2 days ago
Overview
Join our team as a evening shift, full-time, Recovery Room A (PACU) Registered Nurse in Westwood, NJ.
Fulfilling your purpose begins here:
People First, Always. Here's how we take care of our people:
Your team is bigger than your department:
Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center is a 128-bed, full-service, acute-care community hospital with a new emergency department, a state-of-the-art maternity center, a women's imaging center, and an ICU.
We believe healthcare is a team sport and every player has something to contribute. We show compassion, celebrate differences and treat one another with respect
Responsibilities
PACU staff provides care for patients recovering from general, regional, or local anesthesia. Unless complicationsoccur, most patients only stay in the PACU for a few hours before returning home or to another department of the hospital.
The PACU staff, generally composed of highly trained nurses, performs many tasks vital to the care of post-anesthesia and post- operative patients. These essential activities include:
Monitoring vital signs (heart rate, blood pressure, temperature and respiratory rate)
Treating symptoms of postoperative nausea and vomiting (or PONV)
Managing post-operative pain
Treating post-anesthetic shivering
Monitoring surgical site(s) for excessive bleeding, discharge, swelling, hematoma, redness, etc.
Additionally, PACU RNs often coordinate the delivery of care for post-anesthesia patients immediately following surgical procedures, so that the physical, psychological, safety, rehabilitative and education needs of patients and their family members are met.
Qualifications
Job Requirements:
Current valid NJ State Professional Registered Nurse license or a valid multistate Registered Nurse License from the NCL required.
2 years minimum as OR, PACU, critical care or Same Day surgery experience
Basic Life Support (BLS) by the American Heart Association (AHA) or the American Red Cross (ARC) required.
Advance Cardiac Life Support certification (ACLS) by the American Heart Association (AHA) or the American Red Cross (ARC) required.
Pediatric Advance Life Support (PALS) by the American Heart Association (AHA) or the American Red Cross (ARC) required.
Preferred Job Requirements:
CNOR or CPAN preferred
Certification in specialty preferred.
Ardent Health Services