Travel Nurse RN - Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) / Pre-Post Op - $2,300 to $2,400 per week in Hermiston, OR

Status: Open
Posted Date: 11/07/2025
Tentative Start Date: 11/07/2025
Assignment Length: 13 weeks
Shift: Day, 06:00 – 14:30
Position Urgency: Normal

The Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) Registered Nurse provides high-quality nursing care to patients recovering from anesthesia following surgical and diagnostic procedures. The nurse is responsible for assessing, monitoring, and supporting patients in the immediate post-anesthesia period, managing pain and complications, and ensuring safe recovery before discharge or transfer.

This role involves caring for pre-anesthesia, post-anesthesia Phase I and II, and procedural sedation patients. The PACU RN serves as a patient advocate and ensures continuity of care in collaboration with the perioperative team.

• Deliver safe and effective nursing care to patients in pre- and post-anesthesia phases, utilizing the nursing process.

• Assess, monitor, and record patients’ physiological and psychological status during recovery from anesthesia or sedation.

• Manage airways, monitor vital signs, and intervene as needed to prevent or manage complications.

• Administer medications and IV therapies as ordered, including pain management and antiemetics.

• Provide preoperative education and postoperative instructions to patients and families.

• Assist with procedural sedation and monitoring of local-only cases in the OR as needed.

• Maintain accurate documentation in the Epic EMR system.

• Participate in on-call rotation for the PACU on a regularly scheduled basis.

• Ensure adherence to infection control, patient safety, and hospital policies at all times.

• Supervise and direct assigned personnel to ensure consistent delivery of quality care.