 Surgical Services
As part of UVa Surgical Services, you have a wide spectrum of choices for your nursing career path -- each challenging, each rewarding, and each utilizing the most advanced equipment and procedures. Among these choices include a new, state-of-the-art "Smart" Operating Room, the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), Surgical Admissions Suite (SAS), Pre-Anesthesia Testing Center and an Outpatient Surgical Center.
Professional surgical nursing practice is enhanced by:
- Support staff roles that allow nurses to practice the art and science of nursing
- Support for continuing education contributing to high rates of certification
- Wide range of expertise among nursing colleagues to provide guidance and mentoring for novices
- Collaborative approach to care
- Ongoing support for nursing research conducted at the bedside
- Innovative technologies, including:
- Two-way, hands-free wireless communication
- Robotics program
- High-level integration and "Smart OR" technology
- Coming Soon - Complete computerized documentation, including monitor capture and integration with a computerized anesthesia system
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