Post-anesthesia care unit nurse vs contractor-registered nurse

Differences between post-anesthesia care unit nurse and contractor-registered nurse duties and responsibilities

Post-anesthesia care unit nurse example responsibilities.

• Manage patients' pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions and monitoring patients' responses.
• Do preop teaching, draw labs and perform EKG's prior to surgery.
• Maintain and care for arterial/venous sheaths sites, as well as medication titration pre and post op.
• Provide leadership in improving and sustaining the quality and effectiveness of the care provide by PACU nursing and ancillary staff.
• Assess post-operative surgical patients for anesthesia complications
• Monitor for hemorrhagic changes and lingering affects of anesthesia.
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Contractor-registered nurse example responsibilities.

• Assign to cardiac vascular recovery units, manage open-heart recovery, critical care, and post-anesthesia patients.
• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Contract RN caring for patients in ICU, CCU, and telemetry floor.
• Float to other floors such as orthopedics, oncology, and skil units.
• Collaborate with house nursing supervisor for transfer and admittance of new patients to the ICU.
• Assist with staffing needs in PACU recovering post-op surgical patients after general, spinal, and conscious sedation anesthesia.
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