Chuckie

Chuckie

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  1. flight nursing in the air force?

    I've been retired from the 446 th AES sq. McChord AFB Wa. for nearly 15 years now. It sounds like it has changed a lot I was on the C 130 and C 141 with some C 9 experience Loved it
  2. Input from Endoscopy nurses, Please

    I've worked GI for ten years we pull a lot of call and have a multitude of different physicians that like sedation given a different way. One hospital the Anesthesiologists have written the procedural sedation policy and for the most part it is fine...
  3. GI lab phase2 recovery room

    Phase 2 are all conscious sedation gi patients or bronch patients usually Demeral/Versed, Fentanyl Versed and nearly all get Benedryl for sedation. We are free standing somewhat across the street from the hospital. The OR patients go to phase I the...
  4. GI lab phase 2 recovery room

    We are somewhat free standing. We are in a hospital but only admit and recover our patients GI lab and Bronchs. We have one person RN in the room with 6-8 beds this person answers phones admits discharges recovers and calls the floors for patients ...
  5. GI lab phase2 recovery room

    What is the nurse patient ratio in aPhase 2 GI lab. Recovery room? We have one RN with 6-8 patient slots. Usually full with post bronch and gi patients. The rn is responsible for admitting in patients and recovering all patients with no other sup...
  6. GI lab phase 2 recovery room

    What is the nurse patient ratio in the phase 2 recovery room. We have 6 to eight slots in the gi lab. And one Rn. The rn admits all in patients and recovers and discharges all out patient. This is somewhat dangerous and. I was wondering if all fac...
  7. Staffing in ASC

    We run two rooms a day 10 hour days 18 cases per room each day. Two Nurses in recovery room 1 RN at least other is PCA, Ma, or LPN Two admit nurses either RN or LPN One RN in each room and one either LPN,MA or Surgical Assistant, PCA One Scope wash...
  8. In washington state the only thing an OR tech is able to do in the GI Lab is clean scopes. They have worked in our GI lab for the past 10 years doing nearly everything but sedate the patient which takes an RN. About 6 months back someone found a pi...
  9. how many colonoscopies per day?

    Two Rooms Two Doctors One Admit Nurse, Per room RN or LPN Sedation RN Per Room, 1 tech per room or if short Floats most of the time Most often this person doesn't exist. One Scope tech 2 Recovery room Nurses either RN or LPN All meds drawn up at be...
  10. Surgical techs in GI LAB

    We sit on our butts and eat bonbons.
  11. Good Sam Hosp onsite daycare?

    Day care at Good Sam is from 0630 to 1800 for infants to kindergarten. After Kindergarten they have a summer program that the kids love. Summer program goes up to age 12.
  12. how many colonoscopies per day?

    we do18 cases per room per day 0730 colon 0800 colon 0830 egd 0900 colon 0930 colon 1000 egd 1030 colon 1100 colon 1130 egd lunch hopefully 1230 colon 1300 colon 1330 egd 1400 colon 1430 colon 1500 egd 1530 colon 1600 colon 1630 egd 1700 clean up go ...
  13. Oh yes, LPNs can not sedate in the state of Washington. However they can work in GI doing to Physician assistant side of things. This does free up the RN to do the Sedation and monitoring of patients.
  14. What state are you from? In Washington state OR tech's are working out of there scope of practice if they are working as GI Tech's. We are hiring RN's in the GI lab and are asking for experienced GI Nurses. Puyallup WA
  15. No pay difference from Diploma, ADN or BSN. I went back for my BSN in order for a Military Promotion. I retired a year after getting my BSN without the promotion because of personal reasons. The BSN did help me get better jobs rather than just flo...