[oldiebutgoodie]

Originally Posted by queenjean

Not dumb questions at all; I'm a medical floor nurse who floats occasionally to third, and I'm glad you asked these questions. I never knew about the issue with perfusion on the flap...

Did everyone else have so many fresh post op pts? When I (or any med nurse) float, they typically give me a larger team of "older" pts. That way I don't get admits (I work nights) unless it just gets really bad.

As I recall, that night the charge nurse had called in sick or something, and a float nurse was even being charge! It was nuts.

[JBizzleRN]

3 post ops in two hours? LUCKY!! I work a Med/Surg floor on days and it's nthing for us to discharge 5 or 6 and get 3 back in the same hour...granted they are supposed to wait 30 minutes between admits, but that never happens if you tell them no they call the House Supervisor on you and then you get told you have to take the patient because they need the beds in PACU or the ER or wherever they are coming from.

So your other 6 patients are just sitting there waiting while you admit your other three patients ..yeah we usually get loaded with 8 or 9 patients where I work, crazy...that's why i'm seeking new employement I love my job and I love nursing, but I do not like the fact I can't take the time to go "walk" my patient after surgery...or spend that little extra time with them talking....I didn't get into nursing just to push pills!!

As far as dressing go, on our floor we wil not change the dressing until told to do so by the doctor of the third postop day if it hasn't already been started. Now we do lift and dressings to assess the incisions during our assessments.