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  1. Can anyone tell me if there are places where a tranport team transports pediatric patients post op without an RN? I am talking floor level of care or same day surgery patients from PACU to their...
  2. Opinions please re: Phase I

    I believe ASPAN standards have changed and there is to be 2 RN's in PACU. WE had had to change our staffing model over the past year because WE always had one RN
  3. charting the level of the spinal

    Dermatones. T4 nipples, T10 belly button. GUESTIMATE in between
  4. Dryness of mouth in PACU

    We never use these. I didn't even know they still made them! We use the green foam swabs and dip them in H2O. If they are awake enough we use ice
  5. Need orientation survival tips

    You will feel a bit out of it because the skills are different in some ways. Believe me, a few months from now you will wonder why you worked ICU as long as you did. Give it time, you will fit
  6. PACU slogan

    Sleep with the rest, wake up with the best! yes. we used
  7. No Beds

    This happens where I work too. We have BOARDERS several days a week. and they are expanding to give us more capacity. Including a section of "swing beds" to be used for 23 hour stays!! We are open...
  8. What do you like about being PACU?

    Our PACU is adults, peds, NICU, SICU, out patient , transplants etc. Sure many are stable but people crash too. The constant change is great. No one wakes up the same way. You never know what you will...
  9. DISCHARGE from PACU? Who does this?

    I think over the years, at least as I see it, PACu has become a "catch all". We discharge to home on any given day and especially on weekends. Why would discharging to home be any different then...
  10. DISCHARGE from PACU? Who does this?

    i would like to know if there are hospitals that RN's do not transport. PEds
  11. PACU overflow patients

    Our PACU has patients over night. Every night. Anywhere from 2 to 8! We wish we had a BOARDER unit! It is impossible to provide for the needs of these parked patients in addition to immediate post...
  12. Nurses pushing a PCA pump for a patient?

    It is Called PATIENT CONTROLLED for a reason. No NO ONE should ever press that
  13. PCA's in PACU

    we always start them in PACU too. I have an issue with RN's always having to transport these patients. If they are double checked before they leave PACU. don't see the sense in
  14. PCA infusions

    Does an RN ALWAYS have to transport a patient receiving a cont. epidural, PCA, or regional