Post anesthesia care unit

Exemplification On the post anesthesia care unit at Miami Children’s Hospital, students and nurses alike witnessed a harmonious exemplification of the six competencies of Quality and Safety Education for Nurses, more commonly known as QSEN. The post anesthesia care unit, PACU, was off to a slow start just before teamwork between the preoperative unit, also called PREOP, the operating room, and PACU were put to the test. A 4 year-old, already extubated, female patient had come to the unit from the operating

Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) Phase The role of the Post-anesthesia Care Unit nurse is to monitor patient’s that have just been through a surgical procedure and were placed under anesthesia. In this phase, the nurse is assessing the patient as he begins to regain conscious, the airway status, and vitals (Bjorklund, et al., 2013, p. 117). The hand of report from the circulating nurse to the PACU nurse is very brief consisting of the patient’s name and DOB, the procedure done, any complications

I went to the post-anesthesia care unit on February 2, 2016 for the Wilkes Community College Nursing Class of 2017 for observation. Another student and I were assigned to this unit from 8am-2:30pm. Even though our time was cut short we still got to observe the flow and atmosphere in this unit. It took awhile before we had our first patient, so we go to explore the area, determine what equipment is in this area, and communicate with the nurses. We had them explain the documentation process, and the

observe a patient in the Operating Room and in the Post Anesthesia Unit of Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital. The procedure that I observed was a left total knee replacement. The patient needed this surgery because she was experiencing osteoarthritis, and this surgery could alleviate her pain and discomfort. I was with the patient from the end of her stay in the pre-operative holding area to the Operating Room, and then to the Post Anesthesia Care Unit. This paper will include background inquiry, preoperative

the recovery room in the 1940s to the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) of the 21th century, the look and function of this unit have been in a constant state of evolution. Throughout the six past decades, surgical procedures have become more extensive and complicated and thus require more specially prepared nursing staff and equipment for the care of the patient (Odom-Forren, 2013). The PACU of today is an intensive care specialty that provides care to wide range surgical patients. Many of these patients

area with the anesthesia induction process. This improved the workflow process without any additional staffing requirements. “The multi-room configuration allows for realignment of staff and post anesthesia care unit resource to support concurrent induction and operating room set up” (Sokal, Craft, Change, Sandberg & Berger, 2006 pp. 390). The second parallel process that was researched was testing three induction rooms, three operating rooms and three post anesthesia care units (PACU) compared

included observing the operating room setting, the PACU, and the exchange of patient care to a generalized or outpatient floor. In preparation for my clinical day I had finished the module readings relating to peri-operative care which I found useful because I had a base knowledge of information to build upon. I selected one patient to gather information from which included his surgery, patient information, and care he received in the different stages of the surgical process. Patient Data Patient JC

and patient care outcomes. The personal goals are to discharge all patients with finished documentation according to the certified post anesthesia nurse (CPAN) rules by using the process of delegation to obtain ancillary help. DELEGATION Delegation is the cornerstone to being a nurse leader, it facilitates the work effort of the staff to accomplish the mission and goals of the healthcare organization. The optimum administration of a unit is contingent

profession involves multidisciplinary and holistic approaches to integrate the essence of scientific practices into compassionate and humanistic approaches in rendering care to patients. It is an art that reflects an expression of science, emotions, power and creativity to deliver the so-called “tailored” delivery of patient care. From the time of Florence Nightingale up to the present, countless developments and improvements in the field of nursing evolved. This is the outcome of thorough research

During this weeks clinical rotation I was given the opportunity to observe how nurses provide care in the post anesthesia care unit also known as the PACU. The PACU is a place where patients go after receiving surgery and anesthesia. The PACU provides patients with intense observation and care until the patient is stable enough to be discharged home or to another unit in the hospital. Last semester my fellow classmates and I was able to follow patients from the Preoperative area into the intraoperative