We have stopped allowing children under 14 visiting the med-surg units. This has always been in place for our ICCU. Other community hospitals are doing the...
It was actually a system decision, so they did marketing on TV and radio the week prior to implementation. We have a letter that families are given when...
It was actually a system decision, so they did marketing on TV and radio the week prior to implementation. We have a letter that families are given when...
We are looking at training our PCT to be monitor watcher. Is your institution utilizing monitor watcher? If so, who are the monitor watcher? RN, Tech,...
I am a lecturer in South Africa. Does anybody have an instrument that I can use to evaluate a "Healthy Work Environment" Thanks Tanya Contact e-mail:...
We train our PCTs to be Monitor Techs. Each shift someone is assigned to be the monitor tech. I would be happy to speak with you if you have questions. I can...
Hope these help. Elaine Rowinski, RN, MPS, CCRN, CEN Critical Care Educator NYU Langone Medical Center 545 First Avenue New York, New York 10016 (212) 263-7270...
Agnes, At present we have no watchers for our cardiac monitors (visiting this issue at present)but do utilize PCT's for epilepsy monitoring. Elaine Elaine...
Hello All, This topic was discussed breifly about a year ago and I have reviewed those posts. I am hoping for some updated information. My surgical ICU has...
We continue to to train and use Monitor Techs. Our Unit Secretaries are cross trained to the monitors as well. So the nurses, MT's, and US's are all trained to...
We currently require ACLS certification through AHA and there has been some suggestion as to allowing other ACLS certifications (i.e. ACLS with "AHA-content")....
Does anyone have any standardized procedures for pulling pacing wires ans mediastinal chest tubes? Are your ICU nurses or advanced practice nurses doing this...
Hi Lisa, We require ACLS through AHA, additionally, the practice is the same for the BLS prerequisite. Erin Broccolo RN MSN-Ed CCRN CNRN Arrowhead Regional...
We require AHA BLS/ACLS, per hospital policy. Gloria Lau, RN, MSN, CCRN Director Critical Care Sent from my iPhone On Nov 6, 2009, at 12:17 PM, "lhawksworth"...
We don't have a closed unit, however we staff at the 75th percentile of frequency of census, not average (50th). This helps us reduce the need for people...
We have been doing "non-ACLS" for years. ACLS is very time consuming and includes more than is required for the ICU nurse responding to resuscitations may do...
I was an ACLS instructor for years and recently was introduced to an online ACLS renewal through American Medical Resource Institute. They use all AHA...
The open heart recovery RN are allowed to pull the chest tubes after a documented education class on chest anatatomy and understanding chest xrays. Then then...
Does anyone have a good learning packet or other method of teaching RN's and MT's the differences between pediatric and adult EKGS? Summer La Salle, RN, BSN,...
We use AHA courses at this time but are lookinginto the flexibility the on-line ACLS renewal courses offer. Paula Coe MSN, RN, NEA-BC Director of Patient Care...
I just have a few slides. From: NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com [mailto:NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Summer LaSalle Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 3:05 PM To:...
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