Job Description
**Job Summary**
The RN First Assist (RNFA) provides advanced perioperative nursing care, assisting surgeons during operative procedures to ensure optimal patient outcomes. This role includes preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative responsibilities, supporting a variety of surgical specialties and units. The RNFA collaborates with multidisciplinary teams, utilizing advanced skills in tissue handling, wound management, and surgical techniques while maintaining compliance with regulatory and institutional standards.
**Essential Functions**
+ Provides advanced surgical assistance to the operating surgeon, including tissue handling, suturing, and wound management.
+ Collaborates with the surgical team to plan, implement, and evaluate individualized perioperative care plans.
+ Ensures the operative field is maintained aseptically, adhering to infection control protocols and surgical standards.
+ Assesses patient needs preoperatively and postoperati...
The RN First Assist (RNFA) provides advanced perioperative nursing care, assisting surgeons during operative procedures to ensure optimal patient outcomes. This role includes preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative responsibilities, supporting a variety of surgical specialties and units. The RNFA collaborates with multidisciplinary teams, utilizing advanced skills in tissue handling, wound management, and surgical techniques while maintaining compliance with regulatory and institutional standards.
**Essential Functions**
+ Provides advanced surgical assistance to the operating surgeon, including tissue handling, suturing, and wound management.
+ Collaborates with the surgical team to plan, implement, and evaluate individualized perioperative care plans.
+ Ensures the operative field is maintained aseptically, adhering to infection control protocols and surgical standards.
+ Assesses patient needs preoperatively and postoperati...
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