justhere99

We get all kinds of patients here such as chole, GI related, hernia, lapascopic, tubal ligation, prostate etc.

Hello everyone, I just wanted to get some insight from anyone who has experience doing Phase II recovery for day surgeries. I am currently in a unit that many nurses do not seem to happy to be in. The expectation is to have patients discharged around 45 minutes, this includes putting in discharge orders, doing at least 2 sets of vitals, giving pain meds and other meds as needed, prepping patient file, charting, patient teaching, charging supplies to patient, going over discharge teaching, wheeling patient to vehicle and handling other issues such as taking patient to bathroom and helping them change, removing IV etc. With 1 patient I am able to keep up the pace some times with 2 patients I can keep pace assuming patient doesn't need help with dressing and bathroom but when given 3 patients it seems like too much to do in a little time. In order to get everyone out in 45 minutes I would need to complete these task on each patient in about 15-20 minutes which seems impossible. I just wanted to see if this is the way all phase II departments are or if there is too much expected in a little amount if time in my current department. I just feel stressed and am running around never able to catch up. I get nursing is fast paced but this seems excessive to me. Thanks to everyone who responds.