Siss

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  1. Registered Nurse VS Psychiatric RN

    Siss replied to LisaNICUrn's topic in Psychiatric

    Every area of nursing has wonderful, empathetic nurses, and unfortunately, every area has nurses who will do as little as possible. We are all "real nurses," no matter what areas we work in. I have...

  2. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Siss replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Looks like this nurse would finally give up and quit

  3. Aldrete Score

    Siss replied to coffeegirl7's topic in PACU

    This is common. I believe it is ASPAN

  4. Aldrete Score

    Siss replied to coffeegirl7's topic in PACU

    We use our Aldrete score as criteria for discharge. We use a paper system. but if we ever go computerized, we will incorporate it into the system. It may be a guideline, but it is still an important...

  5. Back-up call policy on weekends

    Siss replied to nursecoffee's topic in PACU

    We used to use the nursing supervisor as our back up nurse when we came in on call, but we have gone to having two people on call and both come in, no matter what the case or how

  6. Lifting in the PACU

    Siss replied to vikichck's topic in PACU

    In the PACU I work in, there is quite a lot of lifting. We are constantly pulling patients up in bed to raise the HOB and increase respiratory effort. Turning and repositioning as well as...

  7. PCA's in PACU

    Siss replied to cthorn518's topic in PACU

    We start the PCA in our PACU. It seems to help relieve pain sooner that

  8. What do you like about being PACU?

    Siss replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in PACU

    I wouldn't work anywhere

  9. Back up PACU nurse on call

    Siss replied to kabrowni's topic in PACU

    I work in a 13 bed PACU (appx. 400 bed hosp.). We have two PACU nurses come out on call anytime a patient is in PACU. This has forced to have more staff, which has been a good thing, but we do take...

  10. Pointers from seasoned PACU nurses, please!

    Siss replied to frogger828's topic in PACU

    If you need a reference book, the PeriAnesthesia Nursing Core Curriculum ed. Donna M. DeFazio Quinn and Lois Schick which is published by the American Society of PeriAnesthesa Nurses is an excellent...

  11. In PACU now and loving it....what a journey!

    Siss replied to wayover20's topic in PACU

    There is a different kind of stress than med/surg, but if you go to PACU don't think you will have a stress-free environment to work in. You need excellent airway management skills as well as some...

  12. PACU slogan

    Siss replied to Charity's topic in PACU

    How about "PACU Nursing - it's not for

  13. Holding overnight (or even days at a time)

    Siss replied to RNPamP's topic in PACU

    Your situation sounds horrible. God bless you. We don't hold pts. overnight. But then again, we barely have the staff to recover surgical patients during the day. If our oncall staff had to come...

  14. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Siss replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I have read several stories about seeing nurses in the hospital who turned out to be ghosts. What I would like to know is why anyone would want to spend their afterlife @

  15. My mother is embarassed that I'm going to be a nurse...

    Siss replied to iriska_meller's topic in General Nursing

    There is nothing, and I mean nothing, to be ashamed of by becoming a nurse. Ours is one of the most trusted professions. Even above MD's and especially above lawyers. A good nurse must be...

  16. I must be an idiot

    Siss replied to sharann's topic in PACU

    We have pain control drummed into our heads by JCAHO and as PACU nurses, it is our job to relieve post op pain as much as possible. You did the right thing, no matter what the surgeon

  17. You might be a PACU nurse if...

    Siss replied to mustanggirl's topic in PACU

    Don't you just love being oh hold to give report to a nurse while she/he is at lunch, and you haven't even had a break for hours and

  18. It's moon flower season!!!!!

    Siss replied to FlyingScot's topic in Emergency

    I don't work in Trauma, and I am not really up on horticulture. What is Moon

  19. You might be a PACU nurse if...

    Siss replied to mustanggirl's topic in PACU

    It's been awhile since this thread had a reply, but it needs to be continued. We all need a place to vent. Of course, it is 3:30 in the a.m. while I am replying while I wait for a guy who got...

  20. Nurses with relatives in the hospital....

    Siss replied to CyndieRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    Don't assume your mother will recieve poor nursing care. Treat the nurses as you would want to be treated if you were the nurse. But I also agree that you shouldn't advertise the fact that you are a...

  21. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Siss replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry about the fire, but I had read that the place was being demolished. I am glad that interesting old building is being used for something. Although, I'm not sure I would want to live there....