RN Operating Room

The RN’s practice is guided by the ANA Standard for Professional Nurse and Code of Ethics. The RN has knowledge of professional nursing principles, practices, concepts, and procedures as applied to the care of the patient population served. The RN records patients’ medical history and symptoms, helps perform diagnostic tests and analyze results, operates medical equipment, administers treatment and medications, and assists with patient follow-up and rehabilitation. The RN establishes a care plan, contributes to an existing plan, administers medication, checks dosages and avoids interactions, starts, maintains, and discontinues intravenous (IV) lines, and provides therapies and treatments. The RN also observes and records patient condition, consults with healthcare team members, teaches patients and families about illness management, post-treatment care, diet, nutrition, exercise programs, and self-administration of medication and therapy.