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...
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 --...
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...
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...
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...
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 &...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...