What It's Like to Be a PACU Nurse
PACU: post-op recovery, rapid turnover, complications.
PACU manages immediate post-op period.
Day-to-day
Wake-up from anesthesia. Manage pain, nausea, airway. Discharge to floor or home (outpatient PACU).
Complications
Respiratory depression. Hypotension. Bleeding. Recognize and manage rapidly.
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