[jsully13]

Hello! I am on my OR/PACU Committe for Research and Education and on the Research/PI hospital-wide committee. I am really having a hard time coming up with ideas for a research project, either for OR or PACU. I work in the PACU, and I encounter problems or have issues with different things everyday, but when it comes time to formulate a problem to be solved by research, I draw a blank. Any ideas?

[Marie_LPN]

OR room temperature and pt, temperature: does the OR room temp drastically affect pt. temp?

(that would be a good one)

[cowpoke_rn]

Our PACU just developed a new sedation documentation scale for the patients who rate their pain at "10" even when you have to wake them up to ask them.

[jsully13]

GOOD idea! Could you tell me more about the study?

[cowpoke_rn]

It was developed by one of the RN's I work with. It's a 1 to 4 scale, much like the 0 to 10 pain scale. 1=awake, 2=drowsy, 3=awakens when aroused, 4=unresponsive
This way it can be documented quickly what the patients LOC is related to their pain level.