Quantification of phase I postanesthesia nursing activities in the phase II postanesthesia care unit

Clinical trials are currently underway to determine whether use of new drugs and monitors may permit patients to go directly from the operating room to a phase II postanesthesia care unit. If such a practice pattern were implemented, would phase II postanesthesia care nurses have the ongoing clinical experience to recognize and treat acute cardiopulmonary disease, should a patient in the phase II unit need such care?