Registered Nurse, PACU Outpatient/Inpatient Surgery (36 hours, Day/Night)
Core
Provide professional nursing care, assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation for patients in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) and Pre-Operative Unit, stabilizing patients directly from surgical or procedural areas.
Role type
Registered Nurse (PACU/Pre-Op)
Builds
High acuity recovery care for procedural patients requiring specialized cardiac and interventional care
Domain
Healthcare / Peri-operative Nursing
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Nursing assessment, clinical judgment, patient stabilization, care coordination, delegation, stress management, computer data entry, quality improvement research
Preferred skills
Previous PACU experience, multilingual skills, total therapy/epidemiology/peri-operative specialty certification
Technologies
Computerized data systems
Responsibilities
Adhere to Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing rules, execute nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation), coordinate care across the healthcare continuum, manage critical issues related to patient care
Seniority
Entry to Mid-level, hands-on IC