OR Nurse on Call Doing ER Conscious Sedation

At most of the hospitals I have worked at (Im a traveler) once they hear that you are able to do and are comfortable with Conscious sedations, you are basically on call to a few depts. One it frees up the other nurses to do their jobs while You can monitor and do the job. The P&P were the same as when I was in the OR. Same paper work,and monitoring system was portable. I enjoy doing conscious sedations in the ER, they are so thankful that your there because it does free them up for another patient.
I Hope things go well for you
Zoe

It is hard enough covering your own call for the OR department. Add on someone elses work only makes it tougher. I don't mind the idea of helping out other departments when it is needed, but I don't think it is a good idea to make it a requirement to cover call for those departments. You will be taken advantage over and over again. I have been taking call for the OR for 25 years and don't mind going to the L&D to scrub a C/section when they are desperate, but I want to do it on my own terms. Mike
PS, there is no P&P at my hospital, it is purely voluntary.

in my er, we do our own CS

At my facility anesthesia comes down and does it.

[quote]Originally posted by shodobe
[b]It is hard enough covering your own call for the OR department. Add on someone elses work only makes it tougher. I don't mind the idea of helping out other departments when it is needed, but I don't think it is a good idea to make it a requirement to cover call for those departments.

I agree; after all the purpose of being on call for the OR is for emergancies IN the OR. What would happen if you were tied up in another department and a surgical emergancy arrived in the ER or a post-op pt. from earlier in the day began bleeding?
I've covered call in my department for over 25 years; we cover just the OR.
Good luck,

Paula

Unless you have been specifically trained in CS, you should refuse. This is a big "iffy" area. Let them get anesthesia to do it, or a procedure nurse should be hired.(Yeah, right I know)
Check with your Nurses Practice Act on this one too.