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...
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.
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...
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 ...