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Post Anesthesia Care

The Post Anesthesia Care Unit is a short-term critical care unit that consists of 24 acute care beds. The PACU nurse provides critical care to all patient populations following a surgical, diagnostic or therapeutic procedure for which an anesthetic agent was required. Additional staffing entities include health care partners, unit secretaries and senior nursing students.

The PACU staff members take pride in their collaborative relationships with other disciplines to ensure optimal patient care outcomes. Flexible self-scheduling is an asset in the unit because it provides consistency in accommodating staff lifestyles in addition to assuring adequate coverage for 16,000 cases per year.

 
News and events

September 22, 2010
Conference: 4th Annual Pediatric Critical Care

September 29, 2010
Manager Session & Grand Rounds: Bully-Free At Work: Yes! You Can Build A Respectful Workplace

October 6, 2010
Grand Rounds: Ethical And Clinical Decision Making

October 7-8, 2010
Conference: 20th Annual Respiratory Nursing Society

October 13, 2010
Conference: Advanced Respiratory Care

October 21 - 22, 2010
Workshop: Pediatric End-of-Life Nursing Consortium (ELNEC)

October 28 - 29, 2010
Workshop: Critical Care End-of-Life Education Consortium (ELNEC)

November 1, 2010
Conference: Conference: 21st Annual LPN

November 6, 2010
Conference: 2nd Annual Perioperative Nursing

November 8, 2010
Conference: 21st Annual LPN

November 19, 2010
Conference: 11th Annual Heart Matters

December, 2010
Conference: Psychiatric Nursing Conference

 


 


 

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