The Operating Room Nurse collaborates with surgical team to strategize, implement and evaluate an individualized plan of care for each patient. Provides professional nursing care to assigned operating room patients throughout the perioperative period. Being an Operating Room Nurse evaluates and monitors patients' condition, maintains patients' medical records, and documents patient's progress. Assists physicians during examinations and surgical procedures, using and monitoring medical equipment as necessary. In addition, Operating Room Nurse administer medications, including narcotics, as dire ...cted. Functions in a scrub and circulating nurse role. Requires graduation from an approved nursing program. Typically reports to a manager or head of a unit/department. May require a Certified Nurse Operating Room (CNOR) certification. Requires a state license to practice. Operating Room Nurse's years of experience requirement may be unspecified. Certification and/or licensing in the position's specialty is the main requirement.More Show Less
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