pacurn75

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1. Certification

   pacurn75 replied to olderthandirt51's topic in PACU

   Whose course? Some are offered by people not associated with ambulatory based organizations. Look at what is covered and who is speaking. ASPAN and some others have courses that cover a lot of the areas, but they will not go into the specifics. T...

2. Fecal Transplant

   pacurn75 replied to Mommy_of_3_in_AL..RN's topic in Gastroenterology

   The last conference I went to mentioned that they are now starting to screen the "sample" for all the usual culprits (ie giardia, ova, parasites among others. Speaker said it was recommended by their IRB to help CYA. ) before giving it back to the p...

3. Colon/EGD Recovery Time

   pacurn75 replied to Jtkknj's topic in Gastroenterology

   Recovery time is very variable and will be based on procedure length, sedation used and condition of the patient. Most facilities are going to criteria-based discharge scores that allow the patient to be discharged when they meet criteria. It must ...

4. Patients who "cheat" and drive home

   pacurn75 replied to Lilme04's topic in Gastroenterology

   This is really getting to be a problem for all specialties that do same day procedures. I work in both PACU and GI. At a recent conference, we talked about it and boy, what a discussion. Some things to consider: If you call the police and say the...