NurseJR08

NurseJR08

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About NurseJR08

NurseJR08 specializes in PACU.


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  1. phase I? phase II?

    Phase I is where the majority of patients come immediately postop. Patients are in Phase I on average about an hour (depends on many, many things). In our hospital, the patient gets to Phase I, we...
  2. Anterior cervical spine recovery

    We recover the ACDF patients frequently in our PACU and I agree, most of these patients are chronic pain med users. We find it VERY helpful if they get the "cocktail" PACU Jennifer talked about --...
  3. PACU RN requirements

    While I do agree that icu experience IS important and can be helpful for PACU nursing, about half of the nurses in our PACU dont have icu experience, myself included. I do not have to be "babysat" by...
  4. ER nurse in the PACU

    Just to let you know, I think you will do well in the PACU. We have a couple nurses in our PACU who came from ER and have done really well since ER nurses already have the critical thinking/decision...
  5. CPAN Certification Review

    I am looking into getting my certification as well. I have the book you mentioned (which is obviously HUGE and would be hard to read the whole thing :). Others who have taken it have suggested getting...
  6. ER nurse in the PACU

    Perianesthesia Nursing: A critical care approach Cecil B. Drain PeriAnesthesia Nursing Core Curriculum -- this book is put out by ASPAN and is a good resource Edited by Donna M. DeFazio Quinn &...
  7. PACU Externship?

    This will be a really great experience for you! I was in the PACU during my senior year of nursing school and ended up getting a job there after school. PACU is more than just vomiting (which really...
  8. PACU RN requirements

    no problem, i am not the usual PACU nurse, but i love it. (almost) everyone has been so supportive. Another idea for if you want to work in a PACU when you graduate is to take ACLS and PALS if you...
  9. Pre Op pts in PACU

    i dont think this is in the best interest of the patient at all! Its not fair to them to put them through more stress in what is already a stressful situation. To be waiting to go into surgery next to...
  10. Does your PACU recover general anesthesia c-sections?

    Our PACU gets crash c-sections/c-sections that have had general. We dont go to L/D. They do have their own operating rooms and the nurses their recover if they are epidurals. but if they get put to...
  11. Am I Being Unrealistic?

    What a mess!!! We run two floors of OR's and Recovery. On our second floor we have no secretary or PCA's and I thought that was bad!! I can't believe you guys have to transport your own patients. We...
  12. New PACU Nurse

    haha, loricatus. SO TRUE!!! Sometimes I feel like a broken record. I love PACU
  13. New Grad in the PACU?

    I did my preceptorship in the PACU and was hired there after I graduated. I was the first new grad they have ever hired as usually they want you to have ICU experience.I did a long residency, 5 or 6...
  14. Post op fluid replacement

    Does anyone know the actual formula for post op fluid replacement?? I have looked in a couple books but can't seem to find it.
  15. PACU RN requirements

    Previously, our PACU only hired people with ICU experience. I was in the PACU in nursing school, so they already knew me and they hired me into the PACU as a new grad and put me through a residency...