Job description

Job Summary

The Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (Recovery Room) Registered Nurse (RN) is a healthcare provider responsible for delivering specialized nursing care to patients emerging from anesthesia. These patients may require complex clinical assessments, therapies, and interventions. The RN applies nursing knowledge in assessing, implementing, and evaluating patient responses to sometimes complex conditions, therapies, and interventions.

About the Role

This position involves providing individualized patient assessment, prioritizing collection of data based on individual needs and condition, and collaborating with other team members in the development, implementation, and evaluation of an individualized plan of care. The RN performs appropriate treatments and therapies as ordered by physicians, provides patient education, and documents patient assessments, findings, and psychosocial responses to nursing interventions.

Responsibilities

• Conducts ongoing nursing assessment as dictated by the patient’s condition and in accordance with client facility protocols.
• Collaborates with other team members in the development, implementation, and evaluation of an individualized plan of care.
• Provides individualized patient and family teaching.
• Documents patient assessments, findings, and psychosocial responses to nursing interventions.
• Maintains confidentiality related to patient, family, client facility, and staff in accordance with HIPAA.
• Advocates patient rights with respect to advance directives and organ donation.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited Diploma, Associate or Baccalaureate School of Nursing.
• Current and unrestricted RN nursing license in the state of practice.
• One year of experience as an RN in a Post Anesthesia Care Unit (Recovery Room) in the last three years.
• CPR certification to ACLS level and other health and screening tests as required by specific facilities and/or regulatory agencies.