Registered Nurse - Operating Room - Los Angeles, CA

Operating Room Registered Nurse

As a Level I trauma center with 49 operating rooms in seven locations, we perform advanced surgeries every day using the latest technology. The unit operates 24-hours a day, 7-days a week. We are a multiple-organ transplant center where you can be part of a team performing heart, liver, kidney, pancreas and heart-lung transplants. We have one of the highest cardiac transplant centers in the country. We also perform surgery using robotics in urology, cardiac, ear, nose and throat, and general surgery.

As a registered nurse for the operating room:

• Assume responsibility and accountability for the application of the nursing process and the delivery of patient care within this specialty patient population.
• Provide and document direct and indirect patient care services that ensure the safety, comfort, personal hygiene, and protection of patients.
• Provide patient education on disease prevention and restorative measures.
• Provide administration of medications and therapeutic agents necessary to implement the treatment, disease prevention, or rehabilitative plan of care.
• Perform skin tests, immunizations, phlebotomy and the initiation of peripheral venous access.
• Observe and assess signs and symptoms of illness, reactions to medications/treatments, general behavior, and/or general physical condition to determine normal versus abnormal characteristics and initiate emergency procedures when indicated.
• Plan and implement care based on observations, implementing appropriate reporting, referrals and care in accordance with standardized procedures while providing care to special patient populations and patients with diverse cultural backgrounds.

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