Charity RN, APRN

PACU, PICU, ICU, Peds, Education

Member
  • Content

    129
  • Visitors

    4,000
  • Followers

    0

About Charity

Charity has 28 years experience as a RN, APRN and specializes in PACU, PICU, ICU, Peds, Education.


I'm the cool aunt

Latest Activity

  1. Charity

    MD was angry I questioned him.

    You did the right thing. Just can't take it personally, as some people can never "be wrong." At my teaching hospital, we don't hesitate to follow the chain of command. In the past, it has had to be taken to the doctor's department head, and even to a...
  2. Charity

    Me... Me... Me: A Sense of Entitlement

    "Why, of course, ma'am. If you would please take over performing chest compressions, I'll get right to your mother. Don't worry about that odd feeling as you compress. Those are just his broken ribs."
  3. Charity

    days off- a rant

    Your manager can't require a doctor's excuse just because. That should be in policy under what circumstances, or when. Usually it is after a set number of days calling in. Don't answer texts or calls. My manager and supervisor have their own ringtone...
  4. Charity

    Considering a change to PACU

    We have some folks who work that shift. To be honest, it is a very difficult one to work, because one has no private life with "regular" people, as you will be working every evening. But it is always a good way to get your feet in the door. One of...
  5. Charity

    PACU nurse give Ketamine?

    Until this month, we (PACU nurses) thought we could not give Ketamine as it is classed as an anesthetic. The hospital just okayed Ketamine in PCA pumps, to be ordered by our Pain Service only. So I suppose we can, in low doses. I suppose it is sim...
  6. Charity

    ASPAN certification

    The best resource that I used was Perianesthesia Nursing: A Critical Care Approach, by Cecil B. Drain and Jan Odom-Forren. (I used an earlier edition by Drain alone, but its the same book)
  7. Charity

    Phase II Question

    Short answer: We PACU nurses take care of the entire patient, not just what got operated on!
  8. Charity

    arterial line insertion by OR/PACU nurses

    It depends on your state's Nurse Practice Act. Nurses in my state can start art lines if trained by their hospital. (all policy/procedure written, naturally) I don't know of any that do, however. We have hospitals here (not mine, thank God!) that ...
  9. As a junior in nursing school, I had clinicals on a pediatric surgery floor. I loved it. The last day of clinicals, I knocked on the nurse manager's door and asked for a job. I was working there as an SNA less than a month later. I did my externs...
  10. Charity

    Obama Declares Swine Flu a National Emergency

    Does anybody know how we are differentiating between H1N1 and the "regular" flu? If they have stopping doing confirmatory tests, do they do a prelim that can tell what kind? I seem to remember a friend whose daughter had it. They told her they coul...
  11. Charity

    PACU Dress Code

    Thanks everyone for their replies.
  12. As an acute care nurse, I read "residents" as physicians! You know- intern-resident-fellow-staff. Was I confused!
  13. Charity

    PACU Dress Code

    What type of scrubs/uniforms do you wear in PACU? Hospital issued or personal? Are you physically attached to your OR, or separate. What type of PACU is it? We are looking at our dress codes, but can find little in the literature.
  14. Charity

    Finding work in hattiesburg

    With all the nursing schools in the area, I would contact a nurse recruiter at Forrest General as soon as possible.
  15. Charity

    Male OR Nurse

    Well, since we have well over a dozen OR nurses of the male persuasion, it never occurred to me that a guy would have any problem. This is not counting our techs and perfusionists. As far as I know, I doubt a chaperone would be needed as the OR suite...