Siss

Siss has 25 years experience and specializes in PACU.

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1. Registered Nurse VS Psychiatric RN

   Siss replied to LisaNICUrn's topic in Psychiatric

   Every area of nursing has wonderful, empathetic nurses, and unfortunately, every area has nurses who will do as little as possible. We are all "real nurses," no matter what areas we work in. I have been a PACU nurse for many years. I am interested...

2. You Don't Belong Here (A Nursing Ghost Story)

   Siss replied to anashenwrath's topic in Travel

   You are a great writer!!!

3. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

   Siss replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

   Looks like this nurse would finally give up and quit nursing:lol2:

4. Aldrete Score

   Siss replied to coffeegirl7's topic in PACU

   This is common. I believe it is ASPAN Standards:clown:

5. Aldrete Score

   Siss replied to coffeegirl7's topic in PACU

   We use our Aldrete score as criteria for discharge. We use a paper system. but if we ever go computerized, we will incorporate it into the system. It may be a guideline, but it is still an important tool.

6. Back-up call policy on weekends

   Siss replied to nursecoffee's topic in PACU

   We used to use the nursing supervisor as our back up nurse when we came in on call, but we have gone to having two people on call and both come in, no matter what the case or how many.

7. Lifting in the PACU

   Siss replied to vikichck's topic in PACU

   In the PACU I work in, there is quite a lot of lifting. We are constantly pulling patients up in bed to raise the HOB and increase respiratory effort. Turning and repositioning as well as transporting require good body mechanics.

8. PCA's in PACU

   Siss replied to cthorn518's topic in PACU

   We start the PCA in our PACU. It seems to help relieve pain sooner that way.

9. What do you like about being PACU?

   Siss replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in PACU

   I wouldn't work anywhere else.

10. Back up PACU nurse on call

    Siss replied to kabrowni's topic in PACU

    I work in a 13 bed PACU (appx. 400 bed hosp.). We have two PACU nurses come out on call anytime a patient is in PACU. This has forced to have more staff, which has been a good thing, but we do take a lot of call. We all like having two nurses. It...

11. Pointers from seasoned PACU nurses, please!

    Siss replied to frogger828's topic in PACU

    If you need a reference book, the PeriAnesthesia Nursing Core Curriculum ed. Donna M. DeFazio Quinn and Lois Schick which is published by the American Society of PeriAnesthesa Nurses is an excellent reference book. I used it to study for CPAN as wel...

12. In PACU now and loving it....what a journey!

    Siss replied to wayover20's topic in PACU

    There is a different kind of stress than med/surg, but if you go to PACU don't think you will have a stress-free environment to work in. You need excellent airway management skills as well as some critical care skills. Most PACU's require nurses to...

13. PACU slogan

    Siss replied to Charity's topic in PACU

    How about "PACU Nursing - it's not for wimps."

14. Holding overnight (or even days at a time)

    Siss replied to RNPamP's topic in PACU

    Your situation sounds horrible. God bless you. We don't hold pts. overnight. But then again, we barely have the staff to recover surgical patients during the day. If our oncall staff had to come out to watch overnighters, and heaven forbid, nonsu...

15. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Siss replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I have read several stories about seeing nurses in the hospital who turned out to be ghosts. What I would like to know is why anyone would want to spend their afterlife @ work??