Nurse Post-Anesthesia Care Vital Signs 
EARN Cares
OCTOBER 11, 2023
As a registered nurse, you would think that all this technology supporting the hiring process of nurses would lead to improvements or faster response times but if you have ever spent time on a single application website then you know the frustration and effort that simply goes to waste. What a disaster?!
The Anesthesia Consultant
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Imagine this scenario: You’ve just finished anesthetizing a patient in a hospital setting, and the patient now requires transport from the operating room (OR) to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU). It’s common for zero monitoring equipment to be attached to the patient. We need pulse oximetry monitoring.
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The Anesthesia Consultant
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
Your station in the operating room consists of an anesthesia machine; a bevy of vital signs monitors; a computerized pharmacy cart; a cart full of syringes and equipment; and the computer which handles the hospital’s electronic medical record (EMR). You may have nausea after general anesthesia. Do you have any questions?”
The Anesthesia Consultant
NOVEMBER 15, 2017
The anesthesiologist and the operating room nurse transport the patient to the PACU (Post Anesthesia Care Unit), where the patient is connected to the standard monitors of pulse oximetry, ECG, blood pressure, and temperature. Her last job was as a home health nurse for a registry company.
The Anesthesia Consultant
OCTOBER 11, 2020
An anesthesia machine, with the vital signs monitor screen on the left, and the electronic medical records computer screen on the right. His vital signs are heart rate = 100, BP = 150/80, respiratory rate = 20 breaths/minute, oxygen saturation 95% on room air, and temperature 100.2 The BP is 100/50.
The Anesthesia Consultant
MAY 2, 2023
Alerts or abnormal vital signs and laboratory results are represented by squares and triangles, respectively. The Tower Mode view looks like this (Figure 1): Figure 1 Census View, Anesthesia Tower The Tower Mode includes a display for each individual patient (Figure 2 below).
The Anesthesia Consultant
MARCH 2, 2018
Additional IV narcotics can be added post-extubation if the patient complains of significant pain. Anesthesia providers typically judge anesthetic dosing depending on: a) patient weight, b) patient age, and c) the patient’s vital signs (i.e. A patient’s weight can be misleading.
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