EvanRN123

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1. New to Pacu

   EvanRN123 posted a topic in PACU

   Hi all, I have just accepted a position in our hospital's pacu/preop/pain and endo center. I worked on med/surg/pcu for 10 long years and needed a change badly. For the past year I have been working IT part time and the floor part time. We are imp...

2. pancreatitis and demerol

   EvanRN123 replied to ORNurseAngie's topic in Med-Surg

   I thought it Demerol was the best because of the islets or something..... that being said though, we have done away with Demerol in the hospital completely. I really miss it. I find that people are not as comfortable with Dilaudid. The patient's m...

3. Bad patient ratio on Med/Surg

   EvanRN123 replied to lpnQT25's topic in Med-Surg

   Ouch!!! Sounds like a bad situation. We do tea nursing and we have it really good, I have to admit. RN alone - start with 3 or 4, 4 max RN, PCT (aide) - start with 4 or 5, 6 max RN, LPN - start with 6, 7 max RN, LPN, aide - 8 max We also usually ...