PACU Staff Registered Nurse

Job Opportunity

Colquitt Regional Health System is currently looking for exceptional registered nurses to care for our patients and facilitate their speedy recovery. You will be responsible for delivering safe and effective nursing care with utmost compassion, evaluating response to treatment and advocating for patient's needs, and educating them and their families on health and wellness. The ideal candidate will be a responsible and well-trained professional able to give the best nursing care autonomously.

Responsibilities

• Monitor patient's condition and assess their needs to provide the best possible care and advice
• Observe and interpret patient's symptoms and communicate them to physicians and other providers
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to devise individualized care plans for patients
• Perform routine procedures (blood pressure measurements, administering injections etc.) and document in the electronic record
• Monitor patient vital signs as they wake from anesthesia
• Treat pain, nausea, and other patient post-op symptoms and any side effects of anesthesia
• Comfort patients who awaken scared or confused after surgery
• A recovery room nurse provides constant care to patients immediately following surgery. This may be a time frame anywhere from 30 minutes to a few hours until the patient is stable enough either to be transported to his hospital room or discharged from the facility. The recovery room nurse connects the patient to devices such as cardiac monitoring equipment, and to intravenous therapy for fluids and pain medication.
• Work with an interdisciplinary medical team
• Document and keep the team informed of the patient's progress
• Educate the patient and family on post-surgery care

Qualifications

Skills

Behaviors

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Works well as a member of a group

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Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

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Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest

Motivations

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Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals

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Inspired to perform without outside help

Education

Licenses & Certifications

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