Recovery room nurse vs registered nurse in pacu

Differences between recovery room nurse and registered nurse in pacu duties and responsibilities

Recovery room nurse example responsibilities.

• Achieve departmental goals and objectives by instituting SGNA standards and processes for inpatient and outpatient care.
• Care for patients in ICU's, telemetry stepdown units, medical/surgical units.
• Perform admission assessment, monitoring, and discharge planning for adult and pediatric patients undergoing various outpatient surgical procedures.
• Work as a clinical RN in ICU setting for adults.
• Perform and cross train in eye surgery, GYN, and ortho.
• Obtain 12 lead EKG's, FBS and urine pregnancy testing prior to surgery per protocol.
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Registered nurse in pacu example responsibilities.

• Achieve departmental goals and objectives by instituting SGNA standards and processes for inpatient and outpatient care.
• Stay current on ACLS, BLS and CPR while working in the critical care areas of the hospital.
• general surgery, ent, orthopedics, endoscopy, cataract, gynocological, podiatry, or plastic surgeries.
• Re-Cover patients according to policy in PACU.
• Provide BLS and ACLS classes monthly and as needed.
• Monitor patients post anesthesia including EKG monitoring, magnesium drips, watching VSS and closely monitor acute situations and conditions.
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