rstrainRN

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1. Sibling visitation in PACU - what do you do?

   rstrainRN posted a topic in PACU

   Hi All - I work in a pediatric hospital so I'm mostly interested in other peds nurses answers but willing to hear from anyone! In my facility we allow two visitors (usually mom and dad) to be with their child in the recovery room once the patient is...

2. Curious... Why would an ICU pt go to PACU?

   rstrainRN replied to Cschroy1's topic in PACU

   In my facility our ICU patients typically go straight to the ICU MOST of the time. There are situations where they're unable to take a patient and they're diverted to PACU. We're certainly equipped to take care of them, but it isn't an ideal situatio...

3. follow-up phone calls after daystay discharge from PACU

   rstrainRN replied to bmcdeb's topic in PACU

   We currently do follow up calls the day after, also use a script with standard questions. We'll call up to three times, or at least leave three messages before completing the call altogether. Any issues found during the follow up call get forwarded t...

4. Hospital Scrubs

   rstrainRN replied to SallyFM's topic in PACU

   OR scrubs here also. Although if one wanted they could wear their own. Otherwise hospital provided and laundered on site.

5. Please help with Nursing Interview Questions!

   rstrainRN replied to lm8539's topic in General Nursing

   Don't be too overwhelmed by questions like that! If you're applying as a new nurse your interviewer knows that you don't have a large base of experience. Take a deep breath and always go back to your A-B-Cs - don't overthink the questions. For a vent...

6. baby bucket?

   rstrainRN replied to snuffyRN's topic in Pediatric

   I've never heard of this, let alone seen them used in my unit or nicu. Seems like a pretty ridiculous and dangerous thing to me...

7. Men in L&D

   rstrainRN replied to forgop's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I think like most of the other males who have posted that there's nothing inherently wrong with choosing l&d if you can find a job but there may be better fits. That being said I enjoyed my rotation in nursing school and only had a single patien...

8. Oscillators & sedation

   rstrainRN replied to cannew304's topic in PICU

   We also use a paralytic drip in conjunction with typically a fentanyl infusion for sedation, occasionally versed and bolus doses prn for our oscillated patients.

9. Soooooooooooooo Confused!!! Please help!!!

   rstrainRN replied to acubed's topic in General Nursing

   I think that any career is what you make it to be. What works for one person may not for another. For what it's worth we have happy nurses and unhappy nurses and happy rrt and unhappy rrts where I work. We have a rrt that is also a nurse starting in ...

10. Is it possible to document too much?

    rstrainRN replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    I'm inclined to say when in doubt, document. However - coming from a critical care background and doing quality assurance work on charts I can certainly agree that it is absolutely possible to over document. Here's an example. I work in pediatrics. ...