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I have worked in numerous facilities with night call and issues. The standards state that a second RN must be present in the room during Phase 1 recovery. This CANNOT be a scrub tech!
I have utilized the OR RN. This was communicated before hand. I have also had another PACU nurse. One facility had the recovery occur in the ICU where there are many RNs.
I have also done the pre-op, waited while the patient was in surgery, then recovered the patient in the PACU with the surgical RN as the second RN.
Please refer to the ASPAN standards for this issue.
Good luck
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