Registered Nurse - Post Anesthesia Care Unit
Job Description: Registered Nurse PACU
Location: Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune and Branch Clinics
Duty Hours: Monday through Friday between the hours of 0645 to 2300. The HCWs shall be scheduled for an 8.5-hour shift including an uncompensated 30-minute meal break.
Qualifications:
- Associate Degree in Nursing from an ACEN/CCNE–accredited program (or State Board–approved equivalent).
- Minimum 1 year of full-time experience within the past 3 years as a Perioperative RN in a Main Operating Room.
- Current ACLS and PALS certifications.
Job Duties & Responsibilities:
- Provide comprehensive perioperative nursing care, including patient assessment, triage, monitoring, treatment, documentation, and patient education.
- Execute physician orders in accordance with standard nursing practice.
- Develop, implement, and evaluate goal-directed plans of care based on patient needs and available resources.
- Maintain a safe, clean, and properly stocked patient care environment.
- Provide discharge instructions and emotional support to patients and families.
- Collaborate with and provide guidance to LPNs/LVNs, nursing assistants, and ancillary staff.
- May be assigned to a multi-service ward during normal shift hours.