Charity RN, APRN

In our facility, all ICU patients bypass PACU. Of course, in our facility, family medicine residents are not allowed in our ICUs. It is obvious that this patient should not have left the OR in the first place. If the patient is expected to remain on...

We have a 14 bed PACU, and average 50-60 cases a day. Our policy is no visitors except one parent for children 14 and under. Exceptions are made for older patients who OBVIOUSLY need someone. (I am thinking of CP patients, the anxious head injury pat...

Not having a rationale for doing something! I was not one of those people who demanded a detailed reason for every action. Yet I hated it when I asked a student to think about something, why something was done a specific way (especially when there we...

We have a charge nurse every shift (12 hour) and a nursing manager. She is manager over several units and is in house mostly week days 7-4 (on call 24/7) If there is anything that the charge nurse needs, there is an assistant director of nursing avai...

Nick, Some ICU beds convert into a chair, so one doesn't have to stage a half hour goat roping to get your patient into the bedside chair tid. They can even "walk" in place if you trust housekeeping to keep the floor clean enough, which is another th...

They are asking for 300 volunteers at my hospital this month. C

A friend's daughter has the same symptoms. She is 8. My niece has episodes of SVT 2-3 times a week. She is 23. Neither's are attributed to stress. Both are thought to be related to unusual electrical pathways within the heart. C

What about patient confidentiality? I would be quite upset knowing that a billing clerk or receptionist were present at my medical exam. The only time that my physician has anyone else in the room is during a pelvic. And it is a NURSE. Nametag with t...

Until last year when my new working partner started, I was usually the only female nurse around. The OR nurses were all guys and my partner in PACU was male. I would send patients to ICU (male charge nurses and easily over 50% male staff) or to the o...

Until last year when my new working partner started, I was usually the only female nurse around. The OR nurses were all guys and my partner in PACU was male. I would send patients to ICU (male charge nurses and easily over 50% male staff) or to the o...

As a former nursing instructor, I don't doubt that any of that happened to him. I have too many memories of students going through the same things. (Not in MY clinicals, however!) Naturally, we can't know the entire story, but I must admit that I was...

As a former nursing instructor, I don't doubt that any of that happened to him. I have too many memories of students going through the same things. (Not in MY clinicals, however!) Naturally, we can't know the entire story, but I must admit that I was...

While the official difference may lay in the focus of a teaching hospital being towards, well, teaching and research, I have found other differences too. The first thing that popped into my mind when I read your post was that in a teaching hospital, ...

Children have personalities, just as adults do. It may sound awful, but there were some children that I could not stand to take. Didn't like them. But they were not that common. Most children I enjoy caring for...and some I do get very attached to. ...

Alie, My theory on nursing schools: There are two types of nursing schools. The "Welcome to the nursing profession" and the "Boot Camp" varieties. I have seen the odd school that is a mixture of the two. Boot camp is simply an expression I use for ...

The "wink reflex" shows up when you rub the betadine over the site. Keep a close eye on things as you swab with the betadine, and the urinary meatus will "wink" at you. Aim for that spot. Charity

If you are going to be in the Starkville area, then MUW MUW.edu will be your best bet. They have both ADN and BSN programs, and accept both men and women. Hinds Community college is the ADN program for the Jackson area, if you are up to boot camp .h...

Q15min X 4, then Q 30 min X 2, then Q hr until D/c from PACU C

We transport based on ASA Class. If the patient was ASA class 1 or 2, then a CNA can transport. ASA 3--RN discrection. ASA 4 --RN must go. But as you are asking about after hours...in our unit that means an RN and CNA. The CNA can do it herself, but ...

Want to hear of a hospital that actually follow staffing guidelines? Mine does. Usually. Our OR operates 24/7 and therefore so does the PACU. There is no call. We have a huge full-time day crew and a full-time night crew. Minimum of 2 RN's and a NA ...