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  1. Weclome to the New PACU Nursing Forum

    How great to see so much response to this forum!!:balloons: :monkeydance: PACU
  2. Flamed during report.

    I am very interested to know why you do not feel it is important to know how much or when we last administered a very potent narcotic pain
  3. crocs

    navy, black, purple,[color=sandybrown] pink and light
  4. Best staffed specialty?????

    I have to put a plug in for my specialty. PACU has a 1:1 or 1:2 ratio and the patients come in, wake up, and move
  5. Took the plunge

    Good Luck!!!!!
  6. Party over here!!!!!!

    :beer: Congratulations!!!
  7. I started at IWU in February and I love it for all of the reasons that you stated. Also, no tests only essays, presentations and
  8. What squicks you out?

    Dentures!!! I can handle the smell of gas gangrene but I can't stand dentures. I don't even like to touch the denture cup (Also, extra digits freak me
  9. comfy shoes

    Love my
  10. Nurse, There's a Spider in My Throat

    A few years ago I saw some pictures taken during a patient upper endoscopy after he had been trying to siphon water from his water bed using as old garden hose. He was sucking on the hose to get...
  11. toenail fungus..

    the lamisil curred my husband. It did take almost 9 months for the old nails to grow out, but now he has the most beautiful
  12. I looked into Phoenix and then chose Indiana Wesleyan University. It is 100% online. You log in any time 24/7. It is 280/credit hour with most classes being 3 credit hours. They have a nice...
  13. Sick leave and on call

    If you are too sick to come to work during your schedualed hours, you are too sick to be on call
  14. Rn-bsn Online?????????????

    I would just like to put a plug in for Indiana Wesleyan University's on-line program. :Melody: I am in it. It is very good and affordable.
  15. My slow recovery from wisdom tooth removal

    I had numbness also. They told me that if it did not resolve 6 weeks it never would. Well they were wrong. I was numb (chin, right side of upper lip) for a year. The feeling slowly came back and...
  16. I just hope that people realize you are an MA and not a
  17. I am steamed

    you were not blowing this out of proportion. The cath nurse is uneducated in our specialty and safe staffing ratios. I would feel the same way.
  18. SCD's and TED hose

    We use them both all the time on our bigger post-ops. It will be interesting to see what everyone else
  19. Pacu Nursing

    hips,and total knees go on beds all most all others go on stretchers. I wish all pts could go on beds. They say it is too much wear and tear on the expensive
  20. IV potassium

    Our hospital has a policy. If a Dr. orders 30meq you will be sent 3 IVPB's with 10meq each, to run over one hour each. (alway on a
  21. Same Day Discharge

    We have no policy regarding this. It will be interesting to see what others are
  22. Assignments and floating...how do you deal???

    I am a House Supervisor dealing with these same issues. When one unit is short we look to see if another unit is over. The least senior nurse floats. The exception would be if the least senior...
  23. CPR and Cracked Sternums

    CPR is very
  24. Post Op. Nurse Escorts.

    we are staffed with all RN's and one LPN. Our LPN along with an OR transporter (nurse assistant) transport all our pts to the floor unless they are going to ICU(then the pts Rn and transporter take...
  25. The Patient's First Visit to the Proctologist

    :rotfl: :rotfl: