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  1. Endoscopy new RN orientation help

    Gi rn acm posted a topic in Gastroenterology

    I was curious about what the orientation process is for RNs starting in endoscopy units. We are a medium-sized unit running 4 soon-to-be 5 procedure rooms a day. Each room is staffed by at least...

  2. Endoscopy new RN orientation help

    Gi rn acm replied to Gi rn acm's topic in Gastroenterology

    Currently, the only advanced procedure we are doing is ERCPs. Other than that, we also do motility studies and, of course, EGD, and Colonoscopies. Looking at a 6-8 week orientation for primarily the...

  3. Endoscopy new RN orientation help

    Gi rn acm replied to Gi rn acm's topic in Gastroenterology

    Thank you so much Rose_Queen this sounds like a great idea and is something that would be extremely helpful in providing more structure. I will bring this idea up to management to see if we could...

  4. Room turn over times

    Gi rn acm posted a topic in Gastroenterology

    Just wondering how turnover different places turn over outpatient endoscopy suites. We usually have two people working with he physician in a procedure room. What we do right now for turn over is to...

  5. Recoveries at night

    Gi rn acm posted a topic in PACU

    I work in an endoscopy unit where we have very little activity at night. In the case that we're called in for foreign body cases in the middle of the night the egd is done most cases as an outpatient....

  6. Recoveries at night

    Gi rn acm replied to Gi rn acm's topic in PACU

    Thanks for your input RainMom. Where I work it is one of the procedural RNs that have to stay and do the phase 2 part of recovery. Just curious to see what others

  7. Room turn over times

    Gi rn acm replied to Gi rn acm's topic in Gastroenterology

    Yes. They want us to have the patient out of the room immediately after procedure and have the next patient in the room hooked up to monitors by the time they finish their notes. The big...