... up ... We also use the Q2 hour Sage product kits but there are some who feel the "teeth" on the tip of the suction catheter is too rough for those patients...
First of all Eillen, good luck and we are all pulling for you. We recently had our yearly evaluation and the team did do the tracer methodology and looked at...
The force be with you from on high! My prayers are with you. ... Jcaho is coming to our facility in 2 weeks. Any words of advise from anyone who've been...
Clare, I dont have any cross training on going in my area except with ambulance service as my ICU nurses transfer critically ill pts to other facilities.I...
Hello all, How do you ensure that pertinent information is passed from shift to shift during endorsement/ hand over. We work 12 hr shifts with 2-4 days off and...
Good Luck, we had several RFI with a 4month action plan to conduct. Hand Hygiene ( they viewed staff washing hands for days and stated it was not done properly...
I'd be interested in this as well. ... From: cshelton@... To: NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:16 AM Subject: RE: [NIHMBL] Floating ICU...
Yes i agree that it does no harm to report values out of range to doctors to ensure prompt interventions and ICU nurses need to be to be au fair with lab...
Do your post op CAE go to ICCU, Step down, or to the floor? We have a 3 bed observation unit that we are trying to close and our Vascular surgeons are...
All of our Carotid Endarts go to ICU. Shannon ________________________________ From: NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com [mailto:NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
We have a neuroscience unit with monitoring capabilities. Generally, this unit serves patients with an acute stroke or postop (and post ICU) brain surgery....
I don't blame the ICU RN's for being upset. I'm an ICU nurse too, and not that I think we're better than Med/Surg nurses, but I would absolutely refuse to ...
In our facility we our CAEs go to the Cardiovascular Stepdown or the ICU Stepdown. Both units run a 4:1-5:1 ratio. ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
I agree with you as well. More times than not, physician responsibilities seem to get handed right back to the nurse. Especially when it comes to being...
Hi Clare, ICU nurses are generally not cross-competent in emergency care. We an ICU nurse to ICU patients only. Be careful with any floating practice as the...
What is your nurse to patient ratio in your Neuroscience unit and where are you located? Lori Bauman Bonnie <rnmomo2@...> wrote: We have a neuroscience...
Our CEAs spend the night in either ICU or CVU and often are discharge dthe next afternoon. We also have a vascular surg who does carotid stents and they do...
Keri, We are currently a 28 bed cardiosurgical progressive care unit. CAE will come to our unit. We are working on protocols, evidence based, etc...to...
Our facility has trialed multiple things. Some units do taped report, some face-to-face, and my unit does paper report. We have made the agreement throughout...
Ken, I totally agree with you but I have yet to convince the nrsg admin of the importance of this..too many heads buried in the sand. Any resources would be...
Based on our recent experience with a JCAHO survey, I would suggest focusing on the following: 1. Medication administration and storage 2. Hang hygiene 3....
When TPA or urokinase is given for catheter directed thrombolysis of a SVC or subclavian thrombus, do these patients go to the ICU or a stepdown unit? The...
Our CAE's go to PACU, if stable proceed to our specialized CV Tele Floor, which we consider our Step-down unit. 7 years ago we used to send all CAE's to SICU....
Do you have a template for the written report and would you be willing to share it with this listserve? Fax or post it? Appreciate it!!! Lori Bauman Jynae...
Currently at our facility, CAE's go to step-down (patient to nurse ratio of 4:1). If the cardiovascular surgeon does the CAE, he will more than likely put the...
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