Travel Nurse (RN) - Post Anesthesia Care Unit

Required Skills/Experience:
Pediatric PACU, Phase I PACU, Phase II recovery, and pre/post experience are required.
Arterial line management and dysrhythmia recognition/management are required.
Experience is required with endo/laparoscopic, ENT, general, gynecologic, orthopedic, orthopedic/spine, orthopedic/total joint, plastic, robotic, thoracic, urologic, and vascular cases.
Experience is required with AAA repair, cardiac arrest, cardioversion, carotid endarterectomy, vascular surgery, radical neck dissection, tonsillectomy, cholecystectomy, colon surgery, Whipple, AV fistula/shunt, renal surgery, TURP, bilateral tubal ligation, hysterectomy, and mastectomy.
Blood product administration, central line care/management, phlebotomy, PICC line care and management, and starting IVs are required.
Experience with antiarrhythmics, anticoagulants, antihypertensives, emergency medications, IV vasopressors, narcotics/analgesics, procedural sedation administration, and reversal agents is required.
Anterior/posterior fusion, cervical fusions, spine surgery, circulation checks, open reduction and internal fixation, and total joint replacement experience are required.
Management of pediatric patients, abdominoplasty, breast augmentation, airway assessment, care of ventilated patients, chest tube management, end-tidal CO2 monitoring, fresh tracheostomy, interpretation of ABGs, and placement of oral/nasal airways are required.
Conscious sedation, epidural, general, local, monitored anesthesia care (MAC), nerve blocks, and spinal experience are required.
Medication reconciliation, obtaining a 12 lead EKG, obtaining operative/procedural consent, pre/post-operative procedures, pre-op assessment, pre-op education, reviewing history and physicals, female straight urinary catheterization, male straight urinary catheterization, wound vacs, interpretation and communication of lab values, isolation precautions, malignant hyperthermia protocols, pain assessment and management, PCA pump and management, and RASS (Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale) are required.

Preferred Skills/Experience:
Level II trauma experience is preferred.
Teaching hospital experience is preferred.
Previous charge experience is preferred.
Gastric bypass, gastric sleeve, bariatrics, pacemaker insertion, pulmonary artery line/Swan Ganz monitoring, post cath lab procedures, sheath pull, insulin protocols, extubation (LMA/ET), intubation, pre/post cath lab procedures, pre/post endoscopy procedures, and pre/post IR procedures are preferred.

Unit Details:
Both pre-op/same-day surgery and Phase I PACU are required in each travel contract.
The patient population includes all ages.
Common diagnoses/treatments include ENT, general, surgical oncology, orthopedics, urology, breast, bariatrics, colorectal, and plastics; everything except neurosurgery.
The unit uses Omnicell.

Shift & Scheduling:
Variable shifts (5:30AM-10:00PM).
Weekend coverage is one every 5-6ish weeks.
Call is required.

Floating Requirements:
Floating occurs rarely.

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