capa

capa has 40 years experience.

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1. Older Student, Unprofessional Nurse During Clinical

   capa replied to Nurse Magnolia's topic in General Students

   That is not the norm. Please don't give up your professional outlook.

2. When patients keep calling 911

   capa replied to JJ the crit RN's topic in Relations

   If the patient is strong enough to ambulate out of room can probably qualify for outpatient care

3. Hours of work and sleep time

   capa replied to mirn's topic in Operating Room

   We are scheduled on call after working a 8 or 12 hour shift. If we work more t han 4 hours after 11 p.m. we are allowed to take the next day off and the manager will call in a prn nurse or get someone to stay over. Sometimes 2 PACU nurses will stay...

4. Being a nurse bites big time (well for today anyway)!

   capa replied to RNConnieF's topic in General Nursing

   Dear Connie, I just finished emailing a nurse friend of mine about the 2nd worse day I've had in my life as a nurse but your day makes mine seem easy! You did a wonderful job and I agree with the other writers. You helped me a lot. Thanks.

5. Recovering Patients

   capa replied to London88's topic in Operating Room

   London 88: You have just described a scenario that all PACU nurses deal with every day, anesthesia rushing to start another case and not back up the OR schedule; plus having a wide awake SDS pt waiting impatiently to go to their room; plus having...

6. Recovering Patients

   capa replied to London88's topic in Operating Room

   I am a PACU nurse and our ICU takes their OR pts. directly unless they are filled and then they stay in PACU until a bed opens up, but this is rare. We do recover the CCU pts. because those nurses are not trained in standards of PACU care. It is ...