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What is PACU, and What Does a PACU Nurse Do? 

Daily Nurse

PACU nurse’s responsibilities include closely monitoring patients’ vital signs and managing common post-operative symptoms such as pain, nausea, dizziness, and other effects of surgery and anesthesia. When they arrive in the PACU, these patients may have airways in place or, in some cases, be on ventilators.

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What can we learn from simulations? Amber Barnato

GeriPal

And I think the crisis that we’re in right now in healthcare delivery, the idea of laying down my badge, I think that’s maybe a metaphor for being a sheriff, but what about being a healthcare provider? I’d be willing to take some time on a mechanical ventilation machine to live longer.”

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What is Rapid Response Nursing? 

Daily Nurse

In terms of how rapid response became prevalent, Lorenzini points to the 100,000 Lives Campaign launched by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) several decades ago. Our ‘nurse consults’ allow healthcare professionals to reach out for assistance even if vital signs don’t raise immediate concerns.

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A Career In NICU Nursing

Diversity Nursing

These nurseries may provide assisted ventilation on an interim basis until the infant’s condition either soon improves or the infant can be transferred to a higher-level facility. monitoring infant health such as vital signs. creating care plans with other healthcare providers. documenting patient history.

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