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1. How do you document an axillary temp

   debtor11 replied to debtor11's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for the replies. We work in home health, my argument was there is something wrong with her thermometer. She initially said the temp was oral but when I said that was not a normal temp, she said it was axillary. I told her axillary temps ca...

2. How do you document an axillary temp

   debtor11 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Do you document the temp you got and say it's axillary or do you add a degree and record? I know axillary is inaccurate but I'm auditing charts where a nurse documents really low temps and says that is normal (95.4) for elderly pts.

3. What types of patients do you all recover in your PACU?

   debtor11 posted a topic in PACU

   We are currently having issues with cath lab patients. Do you all recover patients from the Cath Lab? We hate it because they stay 4-6+ hours and our OR census has recently increased. We also do radiology patients and sometimes L&D. We stagg...

4. Recovery Room anyone?

   debtor11 posted a topic in Operating Room

   I worked in Med/Surg for 4 years, did about a year in the ER and have done float pool (tele, peds, mother/baby) and am presently working in the ICU/MICU. I would love to work in recovery! Anyone work there? Do you like it? I'm thinking of doing P...