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We do call from 7A-7P on Sat. and Sun. only. There is a nurse on from 7P-7A 7days a week to do recoveries in the ICU/CCU. We are scheduled for EITHER Sat. or Sun. call about every 5 weeks. We do not do both days. There are about 16 or so of us staff nurses and we just go down the line and take a day of call. So it comes out to about every 5th weekend that we have to do 12 hours. We also have to do one holiday/year and we draw them out of a hat. If you draw the same holiday that you had last year, you have the opportunity to put it back and draw again, if you wish. These hours that we are on call are not included in your regular hours worked that week, so you still have to work your regular schedule. There are always nurses who want to give up their call, and there are nurses who like to pick up extra call for the $$ (we get time and 1/2 when we are called in).

If the pt. had MAC or general, they are transported by an RN. If they were IV Conscious (our IVC don't come to phase I PACU) they are returned by a transport aide.