Travel Nurse RN - OR - Operating Room - $1,494 per week

About the role

TotalMed RN is seeking a travel nurse RN for an Operating Room position in Nashville, Tennessee. The assignment is for 13 weeks, 36 hours per week on 12‑hour day shifts. The ideal candidate will have 1‑2 years of recent acute care experience as a circulating and/or scrub nurse, with possible RN first assistant duties, and will assist physicians and the surgical team in pre‑, intra‑, and post‑operative patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic bedside care.
• Prepare, administer and record prescribed medication, reporting any adverse reactions to treatment.
• Serve as the communication liaison between patients' family members and members of the operating team.
• Ensure that the correct procedure(s) is being performed on the correct patient.
• Initiate patient education plan as prescribed by physician; teach patients and families how to manage medication and home care needs.
• Respond to comfort and safety needs of the patient (circulating role).
• Accurately care for and handle specimens.
• Monitor equipment used during surgery.
• Perform inventory of surgical items pre‑ and post‑procedure.
• Select and handle surgical instruments and supplies during procedures (scrub role).
• Assist physicians by delivering direct surgical care, help control bleeding, and suture patients following surgery (RN first assistant role