HawkinsRN

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1. Minimum staffing in recovery

   HawkinsRN replied to JUDY RN CPAN's topic in Operating Room

   Not in our PACU! The core people have been there forever, but are nearing retirement. The newbies never stay longer than a year maybe 2. So sad. BUT this could just be our little unit with it's poor office politics. Most other places I have work...

2. Minimum staffing in recovery

   HawkinsRN replied to JUDY RN CPAN's topic in Operating Room

   PROBABLY because this is a money maker! Just like OB!~E

3. Minimum staffing in recovery

   HawkinsRN replied to JUDY RN CPAN's topic in Operating Room

   In the places I have worked where PACU staff were encouraged to wear hospital scrubs and help out with the OR, there was never a problem. It wasn't us vs. them...and they helped us when we were in a spot, and vice versa. My current workplace has to...

4. typical day of a pacu nurse

   HawkinsRN replied to blue42's topic in PACU

   blue42...I do want to warn you. As a new grad, it is going to be very tough. There may even be days when you simply want to turn around and go back home leaving your stethescope behind. Hopefully, those days will be few, and the days when someone ...

5. typical day of a pacu nurse

   HawkinsRN replied to blue42's topic in PACU

   I do not recomend you go into Recovery Room right after school. You need a bit of time on the Med Surg ward. This is important because it will help you understand the focus of care. For instance, why it is important to make sure your patient cough...

6. Minimum staffing in recovery

   HawkinsRN replied to JUDY RN CPAN's topic in Operating Room

   Surely you are joking right? Like any PACU is going to abide by these rules? If I am on call, called in at 0200 for an Appy, I get there, get my patient, Anesthesia LEAVES....OR leaves....with the exception of a lowly scrub tech left on phone watch...