Patient assignments

Hi,
I work in an 8 bed Phase I pacu at a community hospital. I have a question for you seasoned PACU nurses. How do you do your patient assignments. This is my first PACU job, which I have been at for 2 years now. I have done ICU and ER previously. It seems that in my PACU, there is such a dysfunction in assigning a nurse to a patient. How are your assignments done? Do you rotate nurses and take turns? Do you assign a nurse to a surgeon? Do you assign cases at the start of the day? UGH, I just don't know the best way. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much for your insight.
Laney