beachgirl26r

beachgirl26r specializes in ER PACU.

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1. with bugs, please!

   beachgirl26r replied to fit2nurse's topic in General Nursing

   my micro teacher looked like a bug! thanks for the memory!

2. Handbook Adherance

   beachgirl26r replied to handyrn's topic in General Nursing

   my understanding is that you must give the notice in your employee handbook or forfeit your unused vacation/personal time. that's how's it's been at hospitals i have worked at. but do what you have to do-especially in regards to your health. best wis...

3. What you get for nurses week

   beachgirl26r replied to chevyv's topic in General Nursing

   our administrator scrambled some eggs and fried some bacon! by the time i got to the break room it was already eaten by the business staff and the doctors. go figure.

4. curtains

   beachgirl26r replied to Lisarnrrt's topic in PACU

   i don't think our curtains have been washed in over a year! we are currently in the middle of a renovation-and the sheetrock dust is all over the place. i'm the nurse whose ambulatory surgery center has no housekeeper during the day! i'll take dirty ...

5. Trauma Patients in the PACU

   beachgirl26r replied to Hopecascade's topic in PACU

   in my experience ANY pt can be boarded in PACU! we've had pt's transferred FROM the ICU to PACU to make room for a "sicker" pt to be admitted there. sometimes they're there for days! luckily the interns and residents are great-but usually the anesthe...

6. Housekeepers?

   beachgirl26r posted a topic in PACU

   does anyone else have to clean/disinfect stretchers,haul dirty laundry or clean pt bathrooms? we have no housekeeper in our ambulatory surgery center so our administrator is making us PACU RN's do it! we will be "written up" for not following her ord...

7. housekeeping?

   beachgirl26r posted a topic in General Nursing

   the administrator at our 15 bay freestanding ambulatory surgery center is now ordering the RN's to haul and empty the dirty linen! she also wants us to "clean the pt's toilet between each use". this is in addition to the nurses spraying down and clea...

8. Opinions please re: Phase I

   beachgirl26r replied to sharann's topic in PACU

   i work at a freestanding ambulatory surgery center. our administrator doesn't hesitate to schedule cases after 5PM (whatever the doctor wants, right?) i often am left alone with this patient. our administrator says as long as there is another nurse i...

9. CAPA exam

   beachgirl26r posted a topic in PACU

   i'm taking the capa exam in may. any hints? i'm reading the core curriculum for perianesthesia nursing, but much of that seems to be for phase 1, acute care. i work at an ambulatory surgery center with mainly cysto endo and pain management pts. i'm c...

10. It gets easier right???

    beachgirl26r replied to sharann's topic in PACU

    it does get easier-eventually! hang in there.