Registered Nurse - PACU

Job Title

Skills marked with * are preferred

Plastics

Abdominoplasty Breast augmentation

IV therapy/Phlebotomy

Accessing/Managing Ports Blood Product Administration Phlebotomy PICC line care and management Starting and maintaining IVs

Respiratory

Airway assessment Care of Ventilated Patient Chest tube management End-Tidal CO2 monitoring Fresh tracheostomy Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs) Intubation

Work Settings

Ambulatory/Outpatient Inpatient Phase I PACU Phase II Recovery Pre-Post*

Medications

Antiarrhythmics Anticoagulation therapy Antihypertensives Emergency Medications IV vasopressors Narcotics/Opioid Analgesics Procedural Sedation Administration/Monitoring Reversal agents

Cardiac Monitoring

Arterial line management* Dysrhythmia recognition/management

Genitourinary/Renal

AV fistula/shunt TURP

Gynecology

Bilateral tubal ligation Hysterectomy Mastectomy

Ophthalmology

Cataract extraction/implant Eye trauma

Gastrointestinal

Cholecystectomy Colon surgery

Orthopedics

Circulation Checks Open reduction and internal fixation Total joint replacement

Types of Anesthesia

Conscious Sedation General Local Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC) Nerve Blocks Post-epidural management Spinal

Pre/Post Op Care of the Patient

Discharge Instructions Follow up phone calls Medication reconciliation Obtain 12 lead EKG/ECG Obtain Operative/Procedural Consent Pre-op Assessment Pre-op Education Pre-Op Medications Pre/Post Endoscopy procedures Pre/Post Operative procedures Review History and Physical Straight urinary catheterization female Straight urinary catheterization male Wound Vacs

Surgery Cases

Endo/Laparoscopic General Gyn Neuro/Spine Ophthalmology Ortho/Spine Ortho/Total joints Plastics Podiatry Urology Vascular*

Neurological

Hypothermia protocol Spine surgery Stroke Scale

Endocrine

Insulin protocols

Professional Topics and Skills

Interpretation and communication of lab values Isolation Precautions/PPE Malignant Hyperthermia Protocol Pain assessment & management PCA pump management RASS (Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale)

Pediatrics

Management of pediatric patients