The RN functions as a patient advocate and works collaboratively with surgeons, anesthesia providers, surgical technologists, nursing personnel, and other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team to provide safe, efficient, evidence-based, and patient-centered perioperative care. The Surgical Services RN is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating individualized nursing care during the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases of the patient's surgical experience, as applicable to the nurse's assigned area and demonstrated competencies.