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I am interested in moving Vail Valley and am curious about VVMC. I am currently a PACU nurse with ICU experience, ACLS, PALS and CCRN. Do you have any insight on the PACU at VVMC? Would love to take a seasonal assignment next winter!

at least unlike other college degrees we have jobs that allow us to pay them off!

student loans...can't wait to have them all paid off!

ICU is the best place to start, you will learn SO much and be "marketable" to transition anywhere after that based on your ICU experience!

Roll belt!! and bed alarm

I work at a large academic medical center and we are in a similar situation. We have 23 ORs and 20 PACU Bays. Our hospital is on red light so much of the time that we end up "boarding" patients and putting ORs on hold. We simply need more space and more staff...

Your body will love you on day shift. I did rotating shifts for the first 2.5 years in the ICU and in general I liked nights better because they were quieter and less people around. I recently switched to the PACU where we do a variety of day shifts and I feel SO much better. I feel like I have an entire extra day off every week because I am not spending time sleeping to prep or get over night shift.