Registered Nurse - PACU (Petaluma, CA, 94955) | 04/28/26
Job Description Skills:
Skills marked with
- are preferred Plastics Abdominoplasty
Breast augmentation IV therapy/Phlebotomy Accessing/Managing Ports
Blood Product Administration
Phlebotomy
PICC line care and management
Starting and maintaining IVs Respiratory Airway assessment
Care of Ventilated Patient
Chest tube management
End-Tidal CO2 monitoring
Fresh tracheostomy
Interpretation of Arterial Blood Gases (ABGs)
Intubation Work Settings Ambulatory/Outpatient
Inpatient
Phase I PACU
Phase II Recovery
Pre-Post• Medications Antiarrhythmics
Anticoagulation therapy
Antihypertensives
Emergency Medications
IV vasopressors
Narcotics/Opioid Analgesics
Procedural Sedation Administration/Monitoring
Reversal agents Cardiac Monitoring Arterial line management•
Dysrhythmia recognition/management Genitourinary/Renal AV fistula/shunt
TURP Gynecology Bilateral tubal ligation
Hysterectomy
Mastectomy Ophthalmology Cataract extraction/implant
Eye trauma Gastrointestinal Cholecystectomy
Colon surgery Orthopedics Circulation Checks
Open reduction and internal fixation
Total joint replacement Types of Anesthesia Conscious Sedation
General
Local
Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC)
Nerve Blocks
Post-epidural management
Spinal Pre/Post Op Care of the Patient Discharge Instructions
Follow up phone calls
Medication reconciliation
Obtain 12 lead EKG/ECG
Obtain Operative/Procedural Consent
Pre-op Assessment
Pre-op Education
Pre-Op Medications
Pre/Post Endoscopy procedures
Pre/Post Operative procedures
Review History and Physical
Straight urinary catheterization female
Straight urinary catheterization male
Wound Vacs Surgery Cases Endo/Laparoscopic
General
Gyn
Neuro/Spine
Ophthalmology
Ortho/Spine
Ortho/Total joints
Plastics
Podiatry
Urology
Vascular• Neurological Hypothermia protocol
Spine surgery
Stroke Scale Endocrine Insulin protocols Professional Topics and Skills Interpretation and communication of lab values
Isolation Precautions/PPE
Malignant Hyperthermia Protocol
Pain assessment & management
PCA pump management
RASS (Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale) Pediatrics Management of pediatric patients