#238: Day in the Life of a PACU Nurse

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🗓️ 18 August 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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A few years ago I made the big leap from ICU to PACU and I haven’t looked back since. Sure, I loved the ICU where I worked, but I made the decision to step away from that so I could step even more into this…podcasting and teaching online. And I have to say, though I first was drawn to PACU for the flexible schedule it allowed me, I’ve really loved working in this environment. In this week’s episode, I’m taking you to work with me and talking through a typical day in the post anesthesia care unit. I’m so excited!!! So if you’ve ever wondered… * What does Nurse Mo do when she’s not working on the podcast? * What’s PACU nursing like? * Can PACU be a career option for me? Then this episode is FOR YOU! I had a lot of fun making this episode and I hope it inspires you to consider post anesthesia nursing. It’s fast-paced, highly variable, and yes…the schedule is pretty great! ___________________ Going from ICU to PACU⁠: There are so many differences in these two dynamic environments, and I share them with you here! FREE CLASS - If all you've heard are nursing school horror stories, then you need this class! Join me in this on-demand session where I dispel all those nursing school myths and show you that YES...you can thrive in nursing school without it taking over your life! The Ultimate Nursing School Thrive Guide - Nursing school is hard, but you don’t have to do it the hard way. Get the guide that shows you how to thrive in nursing school, with insider tips from a former 4.0 student and seasoned nurse educator. 20 Secrets of Successful Nursing Students – Learn key strategies that will help you be a successful nursing student with this FREE guide! All Straight A Nursing Resources - Check out everything Straight A Nursing has to offer, including more FREE resources and online courses to help you succeed throughout nursing school! 💕Did you love this episode? Please take a moment to follow or subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode! ___________________ The information, including but not limited to, audio, video, text, and graphics contained on this podcast are for educational purposes only. No content on this podcast is intended to guide nursing practice and does not supersede any individual healthcare provider's scope of practice or any nursing school curriculum. Additionally, no content on this podcast is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Straight A Nursing is a proud member of the Airwave Media Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	When you can't quite get the angle, take hands-free selfies with the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5,
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0:25.8	Well, hello again and welcome back to the Straight A nursing podcast.
0:29.1	I'm Nurse Mo and as always, really happy that you're here spending your precious free time,
0:35.7	commute time, exercise time, whatever time with me today. I've got a special episode planned
0:42.1	for you. I'm getting really personal and pulling back the curtain on what my job is like in the
0:48.4	recovery room. Before we do that, let's take a quick minute for a shout out and this one goes
0:54.7	out to Mariela and she is talking about my nursing school thrive guide and says,
1:00.7	100% can vouch for this book. I'd get the calculations bootcamp and electrolyte study guide
1:07.4	for your first semester as well. Slam dunk. So thank you Mariela for getting the nursing
1:14.8	school thrive guide. I'm so glad that you found it helpful and I will put a link in the episode
1:20.7	notes for how you can get a copy of that book as well. It is available on Amazon. So if you simply
1:25.6	search for nursing school thrive guide, you will find it there. So today, I'm pulling back the
1:33.6	curtain on what my day is like in the recovery room. So a while back, I wrote an article for my
1:40.0	website on this topic. So I will put a link in the episode notes so that if you're interested,
1:45.6	you can go back and read that to see what was going through my mind at the time that I made
1:52.0	this pretty significant change. So I'm just going to be speaking kind of off the cuff about this
1:58.9	and hopefully I hit all the high points of what my day is like in the recovery room. So come
2:04.1	along to work with me. So first of all, I work eight hour shifts now. In the ICU, I worked 12
2:11.6	hour shifts, most nurses in the hospital, most places work 12 hour shifts and I have to say eight
2:17.6	hour shifts are a completely different animal. Now, I'm not sure I would want to work eight hour shifts
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