OR RN
Gardner, MA
ADN Healthcare
4x10 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Registered Nurse, Operating Room

Overview

• Contract role in Gardner, Massachusetts.
• 13-week assignment.
• 40-hour day shift: 4/10-hour days, 6:30 am - 5:00 pm, with call rotation.

Required Qualifications

• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing.
• Valid RN license in Massachusetts.
• BLS.
• OR - Operating Room (1 year of experience).
• OR - Operating Room experience within the last year.

Preferred Qualifications

• O.R. nursing experience.
• CNOR.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides perioperative nursing care in the operating room, including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing interventions and patient goals.
• Collaborates with the surgeon, anesthesiologist, clinical coordinator, and surgical technicians during surgical intervention.
• Maintains sterile fields, aseptic practice, and correct handling and sterilization of sterile supplies and instruments.
• Verifies patient identity, operative procedure, and site before transport to the operating room.
• Maintains sponge, needle, and instrument counts.
• Handles specimens and cultures according to policy.
• Safely administers medications and intravenous therapy.
• Documents care, patient responses, and medication reconciliation accurately and on time.