PACU RN
Brooklyn, New York
NYU Langone Ambulatory Care Bethpage

PACU Registered Nurse

Overview

• Travel/contract role
• 13-week contract
• Days, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM–4:00 PM
• Weekends not required
• First-time travel nurses are welcome to apply

Specialty

• Ambulatory PACU

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in New York
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• PACU - Post Anesthesia Care experience within the last year
• PACU - Post Anesthesia Care (1 year of experience)
• BLS - Basic Life Support issued by American Heart Association
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support issued by American Heart Association
• Experience in a(n) Outpatient setting

Clinical Experience

• Ambulatory/outpatient care
• Phase I PACU
• Pre-op and post-op care
• Cardiac monitoring, including dysrhythmia recognition and management
• Hyperglycemia/hypoglycemia protocols
• Insulin administration and management
• IV insertion and maintenance
• Endoscopic procedures
• Laparoscopic procedures
• Urology cases
• Emergency medications
• Narcotics/opioid analgesics
• Reversal agents
• Local anesthesia
• Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC)
• Nerve blocks
• Spinal anesthesia
• Post-epidural management
• Pre-op assessments and patient education
• Pre-op medication administration
• Review of history and physical (H&P)
• Obtaining operative/procedural consents
• Obtaining 12-lead EKG/ECG
• Medication reconciliation
• Pre/post endoscopy care
• Pre/post operative care
• Discharge instructions
• Isolation precautions and PPE
• Malignant Hyperthermia protocol
• Pain assessment and management
• Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS)

Documentation System

• Epic

Location

• Bethpage, New York