Travel Nurse RN - OR - Operating Room - $1,978 per week at Big Bend Regional Medical Center summary:
A Travel Nurse RN specializes in providing care in the Operating Room, demonstrating critical thinking and leadership skills within a surgical team. Responsibilities include managing pre-operative and post-operative care, assisting surgeons, and ensuring compliance with healthcare standards and regulations. The position requires coordination with various healthcare professionals to deliver high-quality patient care in a dynamic environment.
Certification Details
- BLS
- ACLS
Job Details
- RN must know all facets of the OR including Pre-Op, Circulating, PACU, and Recovery.
- The Operating Room Nurse demonstrates critical thinking skills, scientific judgment and leadership in the anticipation and planning for the care of the patient in the operating room.
- As a member of the surgical team the RN works with the Surgeons, Anesthesiologists, ORT’s and other personnel to provide patient care in the Operating Room according to State Nurse Practice Act, AORN and regulatory standards, physician orders, policies and procedures of the Hospital and the Surgical Department.
- Responsibilities include but are not limited to: ensuring supplies, timeliness of cases, communication with families, updating of physician preference cards, scrubbing and assisting physicians during surgical cases, and supervision of personnel delivering patient care.
Job Requirements
- State Nurse Practice Act compliance
- AORN standards adherence
Keywords:
Travel Nurse, Operating Room, RN, Surgical Nurse, Patient Care, Healthcare, Nursing, Critical Thinking, Nursing Standards, Hospital