Job Description: Post-Op Nurses are a vital part of every patient's post-surgery recovery team. Their most important duties and responsibilities include:
<ul>
 <li>Observing patients for side effects of anesthesia</li>
 <li>Monitoring and recording patient vital signs</li>
 <li>Monitoring patient's level of consciousness throughout sedation recovery</li>
 <li>Performing post-operative tasks, such as administering medication or changing dressings</li>
 <li>Checking and updating patient files, charts and medical records</li>
 <li>Collaborating with surgeons, anesthesiologists, physicians and other members of the patient's care team</li>
 <li>Providing comfort and answering questions when patients wake from sedation</li>
 <li>Educating patients and their families regarding post-surgery care at home</li>
</ul>$ 50.0/hrHC24

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Night PRN Post-Op/PACU Registered Nurse (RN) Houston, TX

Houston, Texas, 77043