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...
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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