Registration Staff:
When you arrive you will check in either in Admitting or in the Preoperative area. A staff person there will check your child in for surgery.

Preoperative (Pre-op) Nurse:
The pre-op nurse is specially trained in providing pediatric care before surgery. This nurse will check your child's temperature, blood pressure, heart, and weight to find out about your child's health to make sure your child is ready for surgery.

Child Life Specialist:
A professional trained in child development who specializes in working with children in healthcare settings. They help you find ways to deal with your child's discomfort, talk with you about concerns or worries you might have, and help your child get ready for surgery.

Surgeon:
The doctor who performs your child's surgery.

Anesthesia Team:
They work as a team to give anesthesia to your child and monitor your child's condition during and after surgery. Your child's anesthesia team will talk with you before surgery to discuss anesthesia and pain management, and discuss any questions or concerns you may have.

Anesthesiologist:
A doctor who prescribes and gives anesthesia and pain medicines. This team member supervises and monitors your child's anesthesia care and pain control.

Nurse Anesthetist:
A specially trained and certified nurse who administers anesthesia in collaboration with an anesthesiologist.

Operating RoomNurse (Circulating):
A nurse who helps the surgeon during surgery.

Operating Nurse/Technologist (Scrub):
Nurses or technologists who help the surgeon by managing all the instruments and equipment needed during surgery.

Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) Nurse:
A nurse who is specially trained to work with and provide care to children waking up from anesthesia. (The PACU also may be called the Recovery Room.)

Post-Operative (Post-op) Nurse:
A nurse specially trained to take care of your child after surgery and prepare you and your child for care at home.