I am looking to implement staff satisfaction surveys in my unit. Does anyone have a survey that they would be willing to share? Thanks. Deb Deb Stewart, RN...
Our LVN's practice is dictated by New York State and is the same regardless of what unit the person is working in. Right now, LVN's cannot assess patients but...
I would enjoy any information as well since in 2008 we are opening a dedicated Step Down unit and I know that our admission/discharge critieria needs some...
We a currently in the final stages of opening a Progressive Care Unit in our organization. It is a 6 bed unit located within a telemetry unit. Our ratio is...
I am going to be starting up a Progressive Care Unit within the ICU. Has anyone else done this? How did you handle the staffing and competencies? It will be...
Dear List Members, Have any of you had an "unannounced visit" by JCAHO? I am curious to know since they began the unannounced visits if they are visiting...
Hi, Our step-down unit consists of 10 beds and is stationed outside the double doors of the ICU. It is manned by three nurses, a tech and a unit clerk. We...
Hello Raumi, At my institution we have a 4 bed PCU that is adjacent to the combined ICU/CCU. We adopted the admission criteria that is outlined by the Society...
A great resource is the Society of Critical Care Medicine website ( www.sccm.org). They have guidelines that are a great jumping off point for establishing...
Hi Julie Would you be willing to share your protocols? Thanks. Trish ... From: Julie Jones <jjones2270@...> To: NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday,...
I'd love to look at it also. Shannon ________________________________ From: NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com [mailto:NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Stewart, Deb ...
Deb: We do Staff RN satisfaction surveys twice a year. We currently use the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) survey. Prior to...
Does anyone have a stepdown or progressive care unit located in the ICU. I am the manager of a 15 bed ICU which has an average census of 6. At times there are...
We have also had this issue at my hospital in Rural Northern Maine. We handled as another poster stated. Our standard is to have 2 RN's at all times staffing...
What is the time frame of return from cath lab or holding area to a Telemetry Unit in the following situations: -post sheath removal manual hold -post sheath...
Our facility just opened an ICU Stepdown unit in January of 2006. We are a 28 bed unit located on the same level as the ICU but not within the ICU. We are a...
We have 3 PCUs plus a Telemetry unit. The PCUs are attached to bigger units. An 8 bed medical PCU is attached to a medical unit, an 8 bed surgical PCU to a...
I would appreciate seeing your standing orders if you are willing to share them. We are in the process now of attempting to develop protocols. Thanks. Jill...
Deborah, Our post cath pts return to our tele unit as soon as the lines are out, in all these instances. My guess would be it is only about 10-20 minutes by...
We had an unannounced visit 2 wks ago. They were here for 4 days. Big things they were concerned about were med reconciliation, dvt prop and follow through...
We are just in the beginning stages of getting a rapid response team. If anyone is willing to share policy, procedures, protocols etc. that would be nice....
Good morning, I have finally developed a focus for my dissertation! I will be working with abusive behaviors in the nursing work environment and the effect...
Hi, I would love a copy of your sheet and standing orders. We are currently developing our RRT for a small community hospital. Any help would be greatly...
May I ask who all is included in your 10.353 HPPD? Does this include the staff nurses, charge nurses, nurse manager, Unit Secretary, unlisenced personnel?...
We also had our unannounced visit near the middle of October. Since it felt like forever for them to get there, we were happy they finally arrived. The visit...
I am a new nurse manager and I am looking for any procedures/policies or assistance with implementing staff self-scheduling in a 26 bed medical telemtery unit....
I just finished my JCAHO survey, and we came out with 12 RFI's (reccomendations for improvement)....you cant get anymore than 14. Things that they noted to be...
... Hi - I just implemented self-scheduling a couple of months ago. I just went by what I had had as a staff nurse at another facility which I saw work for...
