Travel Nurse RN - PACU - Post Anesthesia Care
Nashville, TN
Cross Country Nurses
4x10 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Summary:
Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) Registered Nurse (RN) position available in a fast-paced surgical environment. The PACU RN provides specialized nursing care to patients recovering from anesthesia following surgical and procedural interventions. This role involves closely monitoring patients during the immediate post-operative period, managing airways and pain, recognizing complications, and ensuring patients meet discharge criteria.

Job Details:

• Schedule: Days shift, 10 hours per shift, minimum of 40 hours per week
• Required Qualifications: Current, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license; current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification; PALS certification as required based on patient population; strong airway assessment and management skills; experience with cardiac monitoring and recognition of dysrhythmias; strong knowledge of post-anesthesia medications, pain management, and potential surgical complications; ability to recognize and respond rapidly to deterioration in patient condition; strong assessment, critical-thinking, communication, and prioritization skills; ability to independently manage patients in a fast-paced, high-acuity recovery environment.
• Preferred Qualifications: Recent Phase I and Phase II PACU experience; experience recovering patients following general, regional, and monitored anesthesia care (MAC); experience with a variety of surgical specialties and patient acuity levels; critical care or intensive care unit nursing background; experience with airway emergencies and post-anesthesia complications; experience with electronic medical record systems.
• The candidate should be an experienced, clinically confident nurse with strong critical-care assessment skills, comfortable managing airway, cardiac monitoring, pain control, and responding to post-operative or anesthesia-related complications.
• Additional Information: Responsibilities include performing comprehensive post-anesthesia assessments, monitoring vital signs, airway management, administering medications, managing complications, collaborating with interdisciplinary team members, and providing discharge instructions. Accurate documentation and adherence to safety standards are essential.

Benefits
The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits