TravelNurseSource is working with TalentBurst, Inc. to find a qualified PACU/Pre-Post Op RN in Lexington North, North Carolina, 27295!
Title: PACU Registered Nurse
Location: Lexington North Carolina 27292
Duration: 13 Weeks
Shift: 12hr Day Shift - 36
Shift Information: 0700-1900
Clinical Interviewing- No
On Call, Call Back Requirements: 1 weeknight per week, 1700-0700 ▪ 30-minute response
Weekend Rotation: Every 5th- 6th weekend, call only. Saturday 0700 – Monday 0700
Holiday Requirements: 1-2 holiday per year, call only
Floating Requirements: None
About Facility:- 96 licensed beds
- Primary Stroke Center
- Not Trauma Designated
- Teaching hospital with residents
- Not a Chest Pain Center
Unit Information:- Beds: 10 PACU bays
- Census: Average patients/day: 400 cases/month,
Minimum Years of Experience required: 3 years of PACU experience
Will you accept a first-time traveler: Yes
Patient Types/Common Diagnoses:- Ortho (total joints, sports medicine), general, urology, DaVinci, GYN, ENT, Peds (dental), podiatry, scar revisions
- Regional anesthesia, blocks
- No spine, cardiothoracic, cranial, or high-level surgeries
Patient Ratios:- 1:1-2, depending on case and acuity
Required License, National Certification, Certs: Skills required:- Experience with above patient types
- Phase I recovery of general anesthesia, MAC anesthesia, moderate sedation. If phase 2 is backed up, could be doing phase 2 recovery and discharge in Phase I.
- Do not need to have experience with this, but could scrub in and gown up for the OR and help hold a retractor or a camera. Will not need to act as circulating OR RN but could just assist with this portion. This could happen on call-back
- EPIC Experience
Support within the Department:- OR Assistant might be able to help with transport, but no CNA
- OR Charge RN, no PACU Charge RN
- Management available during the day
- 4-5 RNs for PACU
- Phlebotomy
- RT 24/7
- Hospitalist 24/7
- Anesthesiologists/CRNAs
- Surgeons
Technology/Equipment:- EMR: EPIC – required
- IV Pump: Alaris
- Med dispensing: Omnicell
Floating: Orientation (facility and unit): Other notes:- Scrub Color: Provided, locker will be provided in locker room
- Parking: Free
- Unit Culture:
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