PACU_Lily

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1. Just sayin gday

   PACU_Lily replied to PACU_Lily's topic in Operating Room

   :nurse: thank you for droppin and sayin gday. Nice to meet you too. this is a great website for nurses, I could spend hours browsing through it all. Trouble is then I would get nothing done! Take care.

2. I need info from all the PACU nurses.

   PACU_Lily replied to not you again's topic in PACU

   Where I work we do Q10 min for the 30 mins that they remain in pacu [so thats 4x sets of obs]. Of course if necessary we keep the pts for longer periods, or do more frequent observations as well. Following IV narcotic injections we keep pts a further...

3. Have a read, and a giggle, I hope

   PACU_Lily posted a topic in Operating Room

   :chuckle Recently one of our new surgical registrars took exception to being called by his first name,stating that he wanted to be called.."Doctor...". He said this in an area where there were a few people and word got around, and lots of tongue in ...

4. " Don't call me by my first name.... I am DOCTOR........."

   PACU_Lily posted a topic in Humor

   have a read, and a chuckle.... i hope :chuckle recently one of our new surgical registrars took exception to being called by his first name,stating that he wanted to be called.."doctor...". he said this in an area where there were a few people and w...

5. "Don't call me by my first name, I am Doctor......"

   PACU_Lily posted a topic in Operating Room

   Use of first names in the Operating Suite :roll Recently one of our new surgical registrars took exception to being called by his first name,stating that he wanted to be called.."Doctor...". He said this in an area where there were a few people and ...

6. ?PACU Nursing

   PACU_Lily replied to essarge's topic in PACU

   I forgot to add something before about dislikes about pacu nursing......here goes....... Have you ever looked after a patient who arrives from the OR, sleeps soundly between observations [snoring loudly even], then the minute the ward nurse arrives t...

7. ?PACU Nursing

   PACU_Lily replied to essarge's topic in PACU

   Hi there. I have worked in Recovery, PACU, for many, many moons... close to 12 years of Recovery, and another 11 years as an Anaesthetic nurse. [a different role in Australia, compared to the USA]. I enjoy recovery nursing, it is varied, and interest...

8. Question for PACU Nurses

   PACU_Lily replied to Zee_RN's topic in PACU

   Our PACU is not a large one, and patients who are intubated and attached dopamine infusions etc, go directly from the OR to ICU, bypassing recovery completely. We do occasionally receive pts destined for ICU, but they are not ventilated, and stay onl...

9. just sayin hi

   PACU_Lily replied to PACU_Lily's topic in International

   :chuckle Thanks for the welcome, yes west of Brissy means Ipswich in my case, and a great place to work it is. Thank u for the nice comments re workin mums. I am mum to 6 kids, ranging from ages 11 to almost 18 [going on 28!]. It is very difficult j...

10. Hello fellow PACU friends !

    PACU_Lily replied to storey's topic in PACU

    Well, hi right back at ya! I have been working in PACU areas for nigh on 21 years, although I have done some anaesthetic nursing as well, which is different here in Australia compared to in the USA. We don't have nurse anaesthetists over here, we are...

11. just sayin hi

    PACU_Lily replied to PACU_Lily's topic in International

    Ohhhh, okay, well how about west as in being around Ipswich? LOL. And living a bit further west than that.... between Ipswich and Gatton. And thanks for the welcome. This is a great web site. Cheers.

12. PACU

    PACU_Lily replied to KAR's topic in PACU

    Well, we have only five theatres and our recovery unit is only small compared to yours. 5 adult spaces, well 6 at a pinch, and 2 paediatric spaces. If we are full we notify all theatres and they have to hang on to their patient until we have the spa...

13. policies re: visitation in PACU

    PACU_Lily replied to btrfly76's topic in PACU

    Hiya. Our pacu only allows people such as security people [for pts who are under guard]. Very occasionally we will allow a caregiver if the patient is extremely distressed or who can be abusive. At present time parents of children are not allowed in ...

14. just sayin hi

    PACU_Lily posted a topic in International

    hi there folks. My first time to this site, and have found it very interesting. I have worked at a few hospitals such as Nepean, Mt Druitt, and Blacktown, now working just west of Brisbane in Recovery there. Thought I would just say hi to you all, an...

15. Just sayin gday

    PACU_Lily posted a topic in Operating Room

    hi there folks. I live just out of Brisbane in the state of Queensland in Australia. This is my first time on this website, and I can see there's lots to keep me occupied. I work in the pacu unit of operating theatre at Ipswich Hospital. Have been wo...