emain86

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1. Type of Jobs? Consistency

   emain86 posted a topic in Travel

   I currently have a full time night shift job and a PRN job. I work about 50-60 hours a week and take home approx 2200$ biweekly. I'm looking at traveling nurse jobs and have a concern about positions and pay. I feel like I can do pretty much anythi...

2. On Call Coverage

   emain86 replied to BarbRN62's topic in PACU

   Im a big fan of the whole recovering a patient in the ICU isntead of calling someone in. I work nights and really the standards say one PACU Phase 1 RN and a RN. ICU nurses are more than capable of helping with a PACU patient if things go south. Make...

3. patient satisfaction scores

   emain86 replied to emain86's topic in PACU

   For the same reason you send a thank you card after a job interview? To achieve a goal, to look good, to make them think good things about you. Something like " thank you for choosing ___ it was our pleasure to take care of you and we wish you a spe...

4. patient satisfaction scores

   emain86 posted a topic in PACU

   As Satan ( A.K.A) Press Ganey knocks on our doors we are looking for ways to improve our patient satisfaction scores. One of the things that was suggested and I think is an excellent idea is for every outpatient surgery patient to receive a thank yo...

5. CPAN Exam

   emain86 replied to casey0405's topic in PACU

   I just did tons of practice questions. I did no review courses. I'll admit I found the test to be harder then the NCLEX. I went in there did the 175 questions in about an hour or so,prob had half of them marked as i don't know and passed. I've only b...

6. PACU Call Coverage

   emain86 replied to 1PACURN's topic in PACU

   I work nights so I hate calling people in the middle of the night just to recover a simple patient. On top of that it would literally save thousands of dollars doing it that way. Like thousands. My manager on the other hand wants nothing to do with a...

7. Surgical Nursing Student Question

   emain86 replied to mission1234's topic in Student Assist

   Here comes a bunch of us playing doctor! My first thought wouldn't be UTI, but infection is more than likely the issue. Actually those symptoms all fall in line with sepsis ( ER has a sepsis flowchart/algorythm). They'd still do a UA. Blood cultures ...

8. I've hit the wall--suggestions?

   emain86 replied to wannabecnl's topic in PACU

   It made me smile that you liked my post . Glad it helped. I'm new to this as well, but like I said did it in military. I try to tell that to every one.

9. Interview for PRN Recovery position in PACU unit that only listed CPR as requirement?

   emain86 replied to Trueblood83's topic in PACU

   I want a PRN job in a PACU. I work level 1 Trauma Center in PACU so I def see some crazy stuff. I'm talking like you need 2 nurses to handle 1 patient type stuff. ( I mean kind of sometimes haha). But I want the cushy PRN PACU job recovering ortho pa...

10. PACU Call Coverage

    emain86 replied to 1PACURN's topic in PACU

    Wow this is really a good idea! Very inciteful. Using the OR as my secondary nurse isn't always the best because they are basically useless unless I'm calling for a code ( and even still they aren't always an ear shot away. ASPAN standards says 1 pha...

11. PACU hold times

    emain86 replied to Manatee111's topic in PACU

    In an ideal world where you have enough Staff those patients can be monitored by 1 nurse on a different side where you allow family to come up and can get them a tray. Once patients are out of phase 1. I usually just do Q4 hr vital signs and 1 full a...

12. Leaving the ED for the PACU

    emain86 replied to jrw002's topic in PACU

    I feel like ED and PACU are probably the most similar jobs in the hospital. Only exception is you always have docs right there in the ER. You have many of the same stressors, some different too. The best part is generally dealing with family less and...

13. Pediatric post tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy

    emain86 replied to Isabelle49's topic in PACU

    As much as I want to respond with my thoughts on this subject. It's a can of worms that moderators should probably just close this topic now. Argh but its infuriating. I've sat here for 5 minutes debating wether or not to put my view.. you sign a con...

14. Lap Chole Bundle

    emain86 replied to emain86's topic in PACU

    I have a current ASPAN standards book and am fairly familair with the risk factors for PONV. The problem is Anesthesia here does every single case the same. Zofran, Decadron , Ofirmev ( unless contraindicated), and toradol ( if i'm lucky). Some of t...

15. Lap Chole Bundle

    emain86 replied to emain86's topic in PACU

    If you ever tried to take my phenergran away I'd probably quit this job. I wish ours didn't have pain issues. I don't know what it is. Some days I feel like all I do is slam people with narcotics and they are still screaming for more. I'll look into...