Ortho_RN

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1. Required nurse minimum in night shift PACU Help!!!

   Ortho_RN replied to nurse4me8897's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Everyone says Aspan standards are quidelines and that they are more like suggestions on how to run the units.. But when a lawyer gets involved what do you think a lawyer is going to pull out and...

2. Back up PACU nurse on call

   Ortho_RN replied to kabrowni's topic in PACU

   During the week after 1130 we have a primary call person and a secondary call person.. But basically the secondary person will never be called unless things are just out of hand... Weekends its pretty...

3. Family Visitation in the PACU

   Ortho_RN replied to smidgen21's topic in PACU

   We usually don't allow family in the recovery room... I don't feel it's a place where family belongs.. No privacy, totally in HIPPA violations. Families like to be nosey and watch other things, and...

4. PACU for me?

   Ortho_RN replied to Hoozdo's topic in PACU

   I personally would say the biggest issue is when a patient wakes up fighting, trying to get up, and you are physically trying to hold them down.. is that going to be possible with your

5. Provigil for shift workers

   Ortho_RN replied to evans_c1's topic in General Nursing

   Wow.. what an interesting conversation... I see both sides... But as a person with Narcolepsy, who actually "needs" the medication I cannot take it... It DOES cause and increase in HR, mine would run...

6. 7:30am to 4PM, and back to work mid to 8s

   Ortho_RN replied to miche18's topic in General Nursing

   Our hospital, if you work day shift, then if the night shift has holes days is required to cover it... so your schedule can be all mixed up... They do it since working day shift is a

7. Nursing Assistants in PACU

   Ortho_RN replied to mustangsally1988's topic in PACU

   It would be nice to have an assistant in Pacu.. Heck, it would be nice to have a

8. We're in the "RED"

   Ortho_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm so tired of hearing this from our hospital... We are a non-profit hospital that basically takes anyone, so obviously we end up eating alot of the cost for treatments... Well the suits that work...

9. NG tube placement

   Ortho_RN replied to DolphinRN84's topic in General Nursing

   Nice to know I'm not the only one.. People at work think I'm crazy... I would much rather drop a NG tube than start a foley any day... Most of my co-workers are quite happy to trade out

10. Boniva-Fosamax = atrial fibrillation ?

    Ortho_RN replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I looked and it had nothing to do with AF.. They have noticed a trend of Esophageal Erosion in these

11. Boniva-Fosamax = atrial fibrillation ?

    Ortho_RN replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    I will have to check tomorrow.. but our hospital will no longer administer those drugs, probably b/c of that connection... But I will read the memo

12. Should I report this CRNA?

    Ortho_RN replied to RNPamP's topic in PACU

    So is it not normal for you to remove airways from your patients??? Our CRNAs leave patients with us intubated all the time... We remove airways.. and have even replaced oral and nasal airways when...

13. If you were/are overwhelmed as a new nurse...

    Ortho_RN replied to occc2010rn's topic in General Nursing

    Just realize that the real learning begins in the real world.... School prepared you for the basics, but its totally different when its right there in front of you.. Learn everything you can from...

14. DISCHARGE from PACU? Who does this?

    Ortho_RN replied to BABRNBSN's topic in PACU

    We have to discharge out of phase 1 quite often.. If Same Day Sx says they are busy and can't take the patient then we have to do it... Then they leave at 5:30 so any outpatient cases after that we...

15. OR patients bypass PACU for ICU

    Ortho_RN replied to fedupnurse's topic in PACU

    We send patients straight up to ICU if they are going to be on vent... No point in wasting time moving the patient and the vent twice... Nothing to recover when they are on a