mustanggirl

mustanggirl

long term care, med-surg, PACU, Pre-Op

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  1. You might be a PACU nurse if...

    mustanggirl posted a topic in PACU

    I thought this would be a cute thread to start, bear with me this is one of my first entries and I've been on call for 24 hours. 1. You look at your patients as they enter the room and can predict if...

  2. From the Other Side of the Bed Rails - When the Nurse Becomes the Patient

    mustanggirl replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Thank you so much for this blog. Unfortunately over the past few years I have had many experiences with being a patient. First when our daughter was born early and in the NICU (she's doing great...

  3. Am I Being Unrealistic?

    mustanggirl replied to pcbnurse's topic in PACU

    My heart goes out to you guys that sounds like hell, I feel exhausted just reading your posts. I work in a non Union Magnet hospital and we have 4 CNAs during the workday into PMs to do transports and...

  4. Opinions please re: Phase I

    mustanggirl replied to sharann's topic in PACU

    We have strict protocols that there must be 2 RNs in the PACU whenever we have a patient. From my understanding this is ASPAN's written policy. Sometimes this means making anesthesia or the...

  5. 18 gauge insertion

    mustanggirl replied to Murse7's topic in Emergency

    I've found that often once I get the catheter in, sometimes it helps to turn the IV fluid on wide open and float the catheter in the rest of the way with the fluid pressure once you have pulled the...

  6. You might be a PACU nurse if...

    mustanggirl replied to mustanggirl's topic in PACU

    The floor nurse calmly says, so "is this your only patient"after you have been put on hold for 30 minutes and held the patient already for an hour because they supposedly didn't have a bed but one...

  7. Pyxis, Omnicell, Accudose Comparison

    mustanggirl replied to jkarras81's topic in General Nursing

    I've only used Pyxis, which I did not mind too much at first, until we got the stupid fingerprint access. :angryfire It sounded great until we got it. It seems impossible to get into at times because...

  8. Holding overnight (or even days at a time)

    mustanggirl replied to RNPamP's topic in PACU

    We have only had to hold patients overnight a few times a year and when we do administration is notified and they usually come by in the morning to see how we are doing. If it is an ICU patient we...

  9. If you could do it over again, would you choose nursing?

    mustanggirl replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, as any job it has its ups and downs. It is one of the few degrees where you can find a job and have decent wages right out of school. Although radiology sounds interesting also, you could...

  10. Nursing Assistants in PACU

    mustanggirl replied to mustangsally1988's topic in PACU

    Our CNAs do a lot of transporting and stocking. They also help settle a patient when they get to PACU, helping to put monitoring equipment on, call the floor to let them know the patient is in PACU...

  11. Applying DVT prophylaxis in PACU

    mustanggirl replied to gentle_ben_RN's topic in PACU

    The majority of the times antiembolism stockings and venodynes (SCDs or sequential compression devices) are started preoperatively and patients are also given lovenox preoperatively (depending on...

  12. Whoa! Crazy ProTime/INR

    mustanggirl replied to Roy Fokker's topic in General Nursing

    HOLEY SMOKES! God bless you floor nurses because you are so resilient. You need to pat yourself on the back for surviving that shift. These are the kinds of days I try to block out of my memory...

  13. What nursing school did everyone attend?

    mustanggirl replied to SoontobeAdrienneRN's topic in General Nursing

    Viterbo College (now Viterbo University, as they now have masters programs) in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. I thought it was a wonderful school, with good preparation and lots of clinicals (we started...

  14. PCA's in PACU

    mustanggirl replied to cthorn518's topic in PACU

    We start then in PACU, at first we thought it would be more of a pain thatn it has been. We give anesthesia ordered pain meds until the patients get comfortable or as long as we can safely give them...

  15. PACU Staffing

    mustanggirl posted a topic in PACU

    Does everyone out there work at a hospital with more than one PACU for inpatients and how do you staff it? For example having a separate PACU for vascular/thoracic cases and another PACU for...

  16. Does anyone really enjoy LTC?

    mustanggirl replied to ihollie's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    LTC was a wonderful place to start out. A lot of times it is downplayed as a god place to work, but I disagree. Especially while going to nursing school, you name it you see it in long-term care so...

  17. Are betablockers the new way to go?

    mustanggirl replied to gentle_ben_RN's topic in PACU

    I had gone to an ASPAN seminar where the use of beta blockers was talked about as the latest measure that we would see it more. It has been being used for many surgery patients to prevent heart...

  18. Anyone using Vistaril?

    mustanggirl replied to maggie77's topic in PACU

    We often give vistaril IM as needed, but usually we give it for severe pain along with IV narcotics. It seems to help. Usually zofran or dolasetron are given in the OR prophylactically, but if not...

  19. Weclome to the New PACU Nursing Forum

    mustanggirl replied to Brian's topic in PACU

    thank

  20. PACU RN's- what is your visitor policy?

    mustanggirl replied to RN34TX's topic in PACU

    1. does your pacu allow visitors? yes 2. if so, under what circumstances? i.e. peds cases only, special needs, ect. peds cases, pt's with special needs. we do allow family on occassion if we are...

  21. CNA prior to RN School?

    mustanggirl replied to Coco06's topic in Nursing Career

    I worked as a CNA in a nursing schools, during summers and on some weekends, while going to nursing school. I found it tremendously helpful in nursing school, especially in pathophysiology since you...

  22. What field of Nursing will you work in??? & best/worst place to work?

    mustanggirl replied to iheartnursing_cali's topic in General Nursing

    Currently I work in PACU, and so far it has been my favorite place to work. As of anywhere it does have its down times where it gets really stressful, but overall the good times outweight the bad. I...

  23. Nursing Job Satisfaction. Would like your input for school project.

    mustanggirl replied to Hoping LVN2BSN's topic in General Nursing

    Facility:hospital,

  24. Recovery Room Nurse

    mustanggirl replied to Catfish RN's topic in Operating Room

    While it is true you won't be constantly lifting pts out of bed in PACU, there is a lot of lifting. You have to be able to respond to the confused pt and be able to quickly turn a patient to their...

  25. What's your favorite pair of nursing shoes?

    mustanggirl replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Crocs, they are sooo comfortable, it feels like I am wearing bedroom slippers all day. And I like that they are easily washed off when any body substance spills on them, which is why I like the Aspen...