thezenmonk

We have implemented this policy in our hospital too, but our OR is very busy, with a high patient turnover. My OR nurses find it really tough to fill in the forms prior to shifting the post-op patient to the PACU, at a time when they have to get the OR cleaned up and the next patient mobilized too.. But documentation is important as you have said, and it speeds up things in the PACU as all the orders are already written. Safer for the patients too, as there's no communication gap.