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Gastroenterology

Nurses in the gastroenterology unit, how is it? What is your role and responsibilities? Thanks!

(I'm looking to have a change from the ICU).

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    There can be medical GI floors, surgical GI floors, oncology...clinics....depends on what type of floor.

    I worked on a post surgical GI floor before I switched to NICU. Lots of ostomies....tons. Whole lotta poop. Big gaping complicated wounds that need crazy dressing changes, NG tubes....lots of bile. Lots of electrolyte imbalances and replacing loses.....lots of TPN, central lines....it was a crazy busy but interesting floor.

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    Right, I'm more interested in clinics that do scopes.

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    Right, I'm more interested in clinics that do scopes.

    Hard to get jobs in Endo. Usually goes by seniority due to the rotations. Most are scheduled and are M-F and don't run later than 1900hrs. The need to work every other weekend is minimal.

    Having been a patient there, it's admit, start and IV, send into the room, there are is a nurse in there but I was asleep, so who knows what they did, lol. Pt. returned to the starting point, wake them up, give them some basic education, pull iv, send home.

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