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

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

Child Life Specialist:
They help you learn about and understand your hospital experience. They help you find ways to deal with discomfort, talk with you about concerns or worries you might have, and help you get ready for surgery.

Surgeon:
The doctor who performs your surgery.

Anesthesia Team:
They work as a team to give you anesthesia. They monitor your condition during and after surgery. Your 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 anesthesia care and pain control.

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

Operating Room Nurse (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 care for you while you are 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 you after surgery and prepare you for care at home.