im an anaesthetic/recovery nurse with 5 years experiance in this field.we have also been caring for itu patients in our recovery area which we feel is a very unsuitable situation.we feel that the patients and relatives are being put at a disadvantage and that staff are being put under even more stress.many of the staff who care for these patients are d grades and we feel that this situation is adding to the problem of staff recruetment and retention. anyone out there do both anaesthetics and recovery nursing? id be interested to know what sort of grades you are [This message has been edited by jellybean8630355 (edited February 16, 2001).]