Hello My instituation has approximately 150 telemetry beds total (over 4 tele units) , all of which are monitored at a central desk on each unit. The question...
Does anyone have any experience creating a rapid response team in an outpatient facility? Our outpatient building is a few miles from the hospital and does...
This sounds like the demo that you watched. We have not put this into use yet, still putting together the inservice for the staff and developing the policy. ...
We have a 15 bed tele unit (multi-service). We have 4 "portable" bedside units that can be moved into the room and networked to pick up the tele pack the pt...
I have a cath lab holding unit 20 units and with monitors at the bedside. This unit had diverted post PCI from ICU to tele, to pull out groin sheaths, care of...
We received copyright permission from AACN to reprint their standards in our P & P manual. ... From: calendrillo@... To: NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Hi Debbie, Unfortunately our blood transfusion protocol/procedure is very long however this is what we do here at my facility: The type and cross or screen is...
Does anyone else use the Vigilance SVO2 monitoring during the early signs of sepsis? We started a Sepsis team, that is called to the ER when the patient...
We use the PreSep central venous oximetry catheter (ScVO2), another Edwards product that is compatible with the vigilence monitor. This is also placed in the...
Definition Hypertension, commonly referred to as "high blood pressure", is a medical condition where the blood pressure is chronically elevated. While it is...
... 4 tele units) , all of which are monitored at a central desk on each unit. The question I have is who will be looking at these bedside monitors? ... Behalf...
We have no such policy either. Some MD's will write "may transfer when drip d/c'd", and that's that (usually by 1-2 hours after drip d/c'd patient can be on a...
I would also appreciate some guide with our critical care standards. You mentioned AACN standards,where exactly would I find thses? Thanks a lot Ronnie Coburn...
Ronnie, If you go to the Society of Critical Care Medicine websit you will find several references for Standards of Care for Critical Care Patients. This web...
Hello, My name is Lynette and I am the manager of a 10 bed ICU unit that has recently been combined into one ICU and stepdown unit combination. Have you had...
Hi and Happy New Year! A few months ago, there was a short thread that discussed the role of the med surg nurse in a code and some of you mentioned that you...
We use the AED in any area of the hospital in which nurses are not trained to read EKG and are the first responders. They can defibrillate acording to the AED...
Is anyone providing additional incentives ($$ or other) for staff RNs who participate in changing bedside practice?-either unit based or house-wide? ...
I am the Director of a 22 bed combined ICU and 4 bed PCU. This year I separated the units into 2 separate cost centers. The PCU is always staffed with 1 RN...
In our institution we have AED's in all of our clinical and outpatient areas and recently trained all of nurses & MD's/NP's on the use. What we are finding is...
Mary, We purchased the Zoll M series several years back. When they are powered up they are in AED mode. When an ICU or ED RN shows up they can easily switch...
Nurses in the ICU and ED utilize the manual control on defibillators. Machines in the med surg units are set to default to AED mode when turned on but the ICU...
We have a professional level program which gives extra dollars based on a yearly performance that includes parcipation on committees, cross training,...
Yes, we use the Vigilance ScvO2 monitor and catheters. We use the results to guide treatment in early sepsis. Roberta Basol St. Cloud Hospital ... From:...
We have separate AEDs that the med/surg unit nurse uses until the code team arrives. Most of the crash carts have a defibrillator without the AED. The ones...
We have a clinical ladder program which provides these incentives. Nurses are also paid time for their participation in committees (when they are at the...
Our staff receive merit award for many participative activities .Successful preceping , policy development. One of the biggest perks for staff going to school...
We have been slowly converting all of our defibs to LifePak 12s which have the AED function. The med surg nurses are encouraged to use the AED function until ...
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