DON'T BECOME A PACU NURSE IF THIS IS YOU|POST ANESTHESIA CARE NURSING|RECOVERY ROOM NURSE

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[@TubnQT]

I like to joke around with patients and have fun: You finally made it here - I’ve been waiting for you!😊 Don’t you remember me? Do you come here often? Did you have a good nap? hehe

[@Micheleschoice]

haha don't you remember me?😂😂 . that definitely will get a laugh out of them.

[@gonurseyourself__]

hahah I love doing this too in the PACU ! 😂

[@vanessatheurbantarotgoddes2192]

I like that

[@tacticalsamurai9851]

I worked as a cna in the pacu. Did 2 years in post and 2 yrs in preop. I just passed the next gen nclex Rn and will be taking the Pacu residency job offer in Jan 2024. I am excited. Working as a tech in pacu helped so much giving me confidence into working now as an Rn in the pacu.

[@thanhhienS2]

My when i was a baby nurse, I was so slow in the documentation. I got stressed out with so many things in the first few minute of receiving patient. when receiving patient, I had to listen to Anesthetist report and order, I also had to inspected and assessed patient in the same time, clarified with anesthetist before they rushed back to operation room. my eyes, my ears, my brain, and my hands work in the same time. very intense. As a baby nurse, they gave me a simple case, but I still feel stressed and cold sweat. haha I understand very well the feeling of pulling the whole pacu down, as I was with just 1 patient and stucked at my bay for too long. But I make it, I improve myself a lot. I grow and love pacu. I like pacu.

[@maellpierre-louis647]

Just got my PACU transfer approved and can’t wait to start. Been a nurse for 10 years and last 5 years as a CVICU nurse, we recover all our open heart patients, can’t wait to learn all about PACU.

[@stephaniehutchinson6621]

Great videos. I'm an ICU RN, moving into PACU. I feel like these things apply to a lot of nursing in general; conversation, patience, fast pace, work well under pressure, flexibility, unpredictable. Keep making the wonderful videos!!!

[@Micheleschoice]

I definitely agree with you! wish you all the best in the PACU💕

[@Neph.warrior]

Facts! It applies to a lot of nursing generally. I am a MICU nurse trying to learn more bout the PACU. I kinda understand why ICU experience helps with the transition.

[@KennitaColeman]

This information was so interesting, I have had two c-sections, and I often thought about how helpful and efficient the nurses were in recovery.

[@Micheleschoice]

im glad you had a pleasant experience

[@victoriab5268]

This video just solidified this is the perfect bedside job for me! I’m currently in nursing school and an Surgical Speciality Tech so we help people before they go down to surgery and then pick them up from the PACU and take care of them.

[@shellyhenry9727]

I will be doing PACU clinicals in a few months . I will remember these tips. Another informative video, thank you!💚

[@Micheleschoice]

Glad it was helpful!, thanks for watching Shelly💕

[@lisar.2549]

Wow! This is so good, and the way you describe PACU matches my personality perfectly!

[@felinepaws]

Thanks Michelle...transitioned from being in the ER setting for 13 years and now in PACU. Your views really helped me well. Thank you very much!!!

[@Micheleschoice]

Glad they've been helpful!

[@theresac8116]

Im a new grad, applied to a surgery center/PACU.. didnt think I'd get the job bc im a baby nurse didnt feel qualified but still tried anyway.. at the interview they said they had tons of applicants. To my surprise they extended an offer to me yesterday and I accepted it today. I've been binge watching your videos. Im so excited, nervous, just all the emotions lol

[@Micheleschoice]

Congratulations!!!!🎉🎉. It's okay they will give you the support you need to succeed in that environment.

[@ModelingTabi]

how is it going at the new job??

[@JH-xj6ho]

you are really lucky. PACU usually requires ICU or ER experience

[@ninaflo5662]

@@JH-xj6ho not really. Depending on the hospital there’s plenty that will train new grad nurses

[@orealdenney]

I applied to a PACU position. Hopefully I get the position....🤞🏽

[@beckymoorhead3288]

Thanks for your video! I'm starting in the PACU next week. I was looking for some helpful tips and I found you.

[@Micheleschoice]

Glad they were helpful! wish you all the best!

[@onceme2u]

I work in a busy retail setting now, I could do this all day! Can’t wait to start my journey as a nurse!

[@JetfromRecovery]

As a newly registered Recovery Nurse in the UK, I truly enjoy having conversations with my patients and making tea for them. I don't mind when they ask repetitive questions and yes, it is largely because of the anaesthesia. I can't help but feel sorry, too when a patient has excruciating pain and the opiates don't seem to work. Some people think PACU/Recovery nursing is easy but they don't realize it requires a different skill set.

[@hmrjkr07]

So glad I found this! I’m interviewing for pacu Monday but this gave me some things to really consider. I’d be moving from the icu so yes I’m detail oriented but the monotony you mention gives me pause. I’ve heard this as a con from a few other nurses and knowing myself it may just not be a good fit. Though the fast paced nature is appealing.

[@Micheleschoice]

Ask to tour the unit during the interview to get a feel of the environment ! but I honestly don't regret the PACU , there are so many pros to working there.

[@MelloneeKecia]

Great video as always and so many amazing points 👍🏾👏🏾🤗 loved this ❤️🥰

[@Micheleschoice]

Thank you so much 💕

[@carolinesilva8429]

Wow, great tips. I would have never even thought of some of these lol Thanks for the video!

[@Micheleschoice]

Happy to help!

[@tricia.aamirr]

I am so glad I found your channel

[@melissahall7009]

Never thought about the cold 🥶 part. Might be bad for me! Thanks for the tips!

[@Micheleschoice]

Any time!

[@NurseMaddyW]

Love this video! I am currently in the ICU and make videos on being in CVICU, but looking into PACU!

[@LocdInChrist]

Great video! It sounds similar to the ER. PACU sounds like it's up my alley!

[@Micheleschoice]

It does!

[@nurselove8864]

I love the PACU and pre op setting. I’m a nursing student and work as a nursing assistant there💕

[@Micheleschoice]

im glad you like working there!

[@allisonusry4519]

Love this! I’m a nursing student and I am really interested in working in the PACU!

[@Micheleschoice]

its a really great specialty to consider working in! thank you for watching 💕

[@anburajkumarasamy6932]

Im also recovery nurse

[@mariangely9546]

i will be starting in PACU at a busy level 1 trauma center in a couple of weeks but i’m a PCU nurse. nervous but soo excited to finally leave bedside nursing and learn something new!

[@Micheleschoice]

yesss I hope you have a wonderful experience in the pacu! congrats on the new Job!

[@gonurseyourself__]

Just started in the PACU !! Love this 🤗

[@omox251]

how do you like the pacu , I'm an IMCU nurse wanting to make the switch.

[@JH-xj6ho]

watching for my PACU interview tmr! thank you for sharing!

[@Micheleschoice]

hope you got it!

[@JH-xj6ho]

@@Micheleschoice yes. I did but I chose the other position. Thank you.

[@joancastillo1681]

Great video! Very informative. Thank you so much!

[@bry120]

Your literally shining in the video

[@Micheleschoice]

haha thank you!🙏🏾

[@naturallyniece320]

I have an interview soon. This was super helpful.

[@Micheleschoice]

i'm glad! wishing you all the best

[@YettyPrizesTV]

Thank you for sharing this to enlighten people interested in PACU

[@Micheleschoice]

no problem!

[@nursedeenice9873]

I have been an ER nurse for 10 years. I just got a job offer in the PACU at my hospital. I am so nervous and excited about the new adventure. I am not looking forward to that new grad feeling learning a new job, but I also hate the feeling of being burnt out in the ER. This video helps a lot on what to expect. thank you! :)

[@Micheleschoice]

np! wishing you all the best

[@gonurseyourself__]

Hey nurse dee☺️ ! I just started in the PACU after working 5 years in the ER. How has your transition been so far ?!

[@b.v3151]

@@gonurseyourself__ Hey how is it going in PACU? I am nervous to apply

[@sunc88]

Thanks for your videos!❤

[@sarinirangedera7476]

thankyou for this video and sharing your experience and tips:)

[@amberguthrie8544]

I’d say don’t be a nurse at all if you lack the skills mentioned 🤣

[@rayrayennis8985]

Pretty much lol

[@XxChuyoxX]

Literally

[@sofine7883]

😂😂❤

[@nikkitikki6648]

I did ICU travel for a year, then took a break to get PACU experience. Im hopefully submitting to three jobs tomorrow. ☺️

[@Micheleschoice]

Wishing you all the best!💕

[@zeezeebo]

I’ve been a nurse for 20 yrs, med/surge and step down and been comfortable on my unit, now transferring to PACU. I’m very nervous as I’m always cold

[@Mainly-boy-outdoors]

While I was there I was in the PICU for about two weeks and then I ended up getting transferred down to the adult ICU I was not happy about that. but the nice part about it was that that Sunday night the night charge nurse came to me and said I have good news for you your going back up to PICU I spent my birthday in the PICU while I was in the PICU we all thought that the infection was gone so my nurse pulled the drain tube out and about two days later I started feeling the same symptoms again so I ended up being brought back to X-Ray department and having another drain tube put in. When I was being brought down to the OR my nurse saw me getting brought down and she waved to me that same day 2 of the night shift nurses came in and saw me before they left to go home after being up all night they were nice enough to come see me before they went home. Then when I was being brought down to the OR my day shift nurse saw me getting brought down and she waved to me and as soon as I got back up to PICU my day shift nurse came right in and stayed with me till the night shift nurses got there then my night shift nurse stayed with me till the morning shift nurses got there. The nurses brought me in cake and balloons and a card. I really miss the PICU and the nurses I had and my view of the river and the helicopter and the helicopter pad and I really miss the room I had. As of this last hospital stay I've decided to go back to school to become an RN but first starting out as a phlebotomist and then becoming a medical lab tech then CNA then RN I want to work in both the PICU and the adult ICU now I have also been looking at other health care departments because I do have an interest in those as well.

[@gonurseyourself__]

Just subbed🖤

[@nd2170]

Hi, I'm a graduate RN from Australia and currently working on the orthopaedic and neurosurgical ward, my life is miserable at thr moment because it is such a fast paced and chaotic ward we get a 5 patient load but during the shift we discharge 2 or 3 patiens sometimes we have to do their discharge paperwork as well as ordering their medications and then get post operative patients while doing all that, I'm really wanting to try PACU because you have that one on one patient care, I never got the chance to have a PACU placement as a student. I am the type of person who likes routine, calm environment, I don't like chaos. Do you think PACU would be suitable for me?

[@stephaniewilliamson320]

I’m currently applying to jobs because I graduate in May! I enjoyed my clinical day in the PACU

[@Micheleschoice]

wishing you all the best Stephanie!💕

[@MsQueenOfHearts2]

Hi Michele! Do you have a video where you talk about how to talk to God and how to hear what he has to say?

[@Micheleschoice]

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[@jessicayan3536]

Thanks for this great insight! I’m interested in applying for PACU, but the job opening is for phase 2. Have you worked in phase 2 before?

[@Micheleschoice]

yess please watch my vlogs , they are very helpful

[@GrantGeeGrant]

Thank you !

[@Micheleschoice]

You're welcome!

[@AL-ww4uq]

Hi, I love your videos! I have an interview for a PACU nurse job next week. I was wondering if you had any interview tips or examples of interview questions? Thank you

[@Micheleschoice]

hey , thanks you so much for watching them! and my videos are great resources but I also provide a mock interview service so if you are interested in that you can book an appointment on lovesorich.com

[@eallen1996]

I like talking but not the whole shift. lol

[@Micheleschoice]

lol I feel you but there are those patients that won't let you go

[@JohnJohn-nt9mf]

I'm a medsurg/tele nurse for 2 yrs. And I will move to PACU in the next 2 weeks. I hope the transition would be smooth for me. The manager accepted me without having critical care experience, they will train me for the critical care aspect. Good luck to me!

[@Micheleschoice]

You can do it!

[@JohnJohn-nt9mf]

@@Micheleschoice Did my 2 weeks orientation Phase 1. And I like it so far! It gets very busy specially when inbound patients from OR keeps on coming consecutively and also a lot of patients are in the recovery just waiting for beds on the floor/unit. Next week I will be doing pre-op and phase 2.

[@JohnJohn-nt9mf]

@@Micheleschoice One thing I like in PACU. I encounter different types of surgeries. From Ortho, Neuro, gyne, general, EENT including sometimes cardiac cath patients. OR is my goal specialty but now, I'm starting to like PACU.

[@mareemaorr7036]

@@JohnJohn-nt9mf Same for me! I am starting in PACU next month but have been med/tele nurse for 5 years. Wishing you the best and its been a while since you wrote this comment so hoping things are still going great for you!

[@JohnJohn-nt9mf]

@@mareemaorr7036 its been 1 year and 7 mos and I'm still in PACU! Lovin' it! Even though we are still understaffed since I transferred, I still stayed in the unit. the OR in my facility wants me to apply to them, but I don't want to leave PACU. Wish you the best for your transfer! Its a fast paced environment, but you will do good and hopefully you will like it!👍

[@melissasilva2744]

Sooo many helpful info!! ❤️❤️

[@Micheleschoice]

Glad it was helpful!💕

[@Mainly-boy-outdoors]

I just recently had my appendix removed because it ended up bursting while I was in the hospital I ran into another health issue I have 2 shunt tubes in me and I ended up having one of them replaced because the surgeon was afraid that the infection was going to get into my brain so she Externalized it.

[@kelseyl8062]

What if I don't know if I would be a good fit for this environment? Should I give it a try anyway to see how I'd be? If it becomes too fast pace... at what point should I find something different or keep trying until I get the hang of it?

[@ZedGirl]

Ask for a shadow day to see what it's like as part of the interview process or with a recruiter.

[@chisquared100]

Post surgery nurse yelled at me for coughing after extubate. Basically, she felt I didn't deserve the privileges of the surgery (14 yr nasal block). Threw oxygen mask at me; mask wasn't even connected to anything. She abandoned me. Yep. Actually LEFT me on my own. I coached myself through coming out of the general. She never contacted my husband to join me in post-surgery. I flagged another nurse for help. She didn't want to get involved. I cannot figure out why or how this happened. Contacted my insurance and documented entire post-surgery event. I'm 60. I'll never ever allow surgery to happen again. Ever.

[@yuliyagarcia965]

What an unfortunate experience you had! Coughing is actually good and we teach patients to cough and deep breather post extubation to prevent pneumonia. That person you’ve encountered should not have been in the profession, it’s a shame it affected your experience. I’ve honestly never seen this as a nurse or being a post op patient myself twice now.

[@asferguson2010]

nice video.does the pacu nurse help with intubation?

[@TubnQT]

Is there an area of hospital nursing that is NOT fast-paced and unpredictable??!

[@hadgit60]

I'm not in a main OR PACU I'm in an ambulatory surgery center. A nurse who came from a floor unit said its more fast pace,because your moving patients in and out.

[@TubnQT]

My floor is like that too. Start with 6-8 patients, discharge 4-6 or even 8, and get 4-6 new admissions on OB/surgical.

[@Micheleschoice]

yeah places like rehab is different and it all depends on the acuity of your hospital too.

[@melodyforreal3856]

Hi Michelle! Road to 10K

[@Micheleschoice]

hey Melody! and yess , we are so close🙏🏾

[@lmarti0518]

do you, as the PACU nurse, decide when the patient is ready for discharge or transfer? or does somebody else decide that, like the charge nurse or a physician? also would you say that the PACU environment allows for independence as a nurse?

[@Micheleschoice]

I am not in charge of writing those orders, I simply follow them.

[@SB-po2vu]

as soon as my surgery was over the first thing I asked is what time it was😂😂

[@marathongirl1000]

Those rubber bands on your braces.....NO!