We are a community hospital that does not have an intensivist 24/7. What is the expectation for physician response time to the hospital? For a return phone...
Trying to simplify med rec is extremely difficult. We have the triage nurse write meds, dose and frequency on the triage sheet, which is an NRC form. The...
Hi Everyone, Do any of you have a primary care model of nursing that you use in acute care? If you do, do you have a mix of RN's and LPN's? If you do have...
Our process is that the ED RN is to inventory the patients' meds, enter then into the med reconciliation profile (either paper or computer). Then the MD is to...
Yes, our ED initiates the list to the best of their ability with the information that they can glean. The inpatient area then completes the process and...
Hello everyone, I am also new to this group, joined to pick some brains and also the material that is shared is very appriciated. I am currently attempting to...
Our process is that the ED RN is to inventory the patients' meds, enter then into the med reconciliation profile (either paper or computer). Then the MD is to...
Our hospital ED does initiate and complete the form that the inpatient areas use-we all use the same medication reconciliation form. Claire Glover, RN, BSN,...
We have a mix of LPN's and RN's in our ICU. The LPN does take an assignment but our charge nurse, (who is usually out of staff), is responsible for initially ...
We are in the same situation. I don't know of any response time, but I do know that we are to give them 15 minutes to call back before we page them again, day...
In our facility, the Rapid Response Team consists of an ICU RN (usually the charge nurse or any ICU RN,who is ACLS certified), and a Respiratory Therapist. We...
The RN's have to sign the admission form verifying that they agree with the LPN's assessment. Also on our nuseses notes (ICU), the RN's initial after the...
Our RRT is very similar to Christain's. Our RRT consists of an ICU RN, RT, and a House Officer and/or ICU Resident. Our facility hasn't established any...
Hi Sheila, The physician has a 4 hour response time for non emergent visit. Pages need to be responded within 30 minutes and stats within 20 min. Sheila...
I have a 28-bed ICU Stepdown unit that was set-up to be a primary care floor. It originally was going to be a 1:3 ratio but when our census picked up we...
Hello My neuro unit is relatively new, as are the staff. The intensivists and surgeons are interested in using Licox catheters to measure cerebral perfusion....
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Lori~ I'm in Columbus, Ohio. We are projected to experience a great nursing shortage of about 80,000 nurses in Ohio by 2010 but currently we don't seem to...
We use a LOT Of Licox. They are wonderful and it's good to hear that you are working with a progressive bunch that see their value! If you go to Integra...
We initiated our RRT in June 2006. It has been a fantastic tool for the floors to utilize for quick assistance and treatment. They are to call for hypotension,...
Our hospital is gaining a new cardiologist and we wants to start IABP in our patient population-does anyone want to share lessons learned along with an...
I am working on a graduate school project focusing on verbal abuse in the nursing workplace environment. If you have a few moments and would like to...
This a short IABP form that I developed but we do very few of them honestly. Shannon Carefoot ________________________________ From: NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com...
If you send your private email, I will send some stuff I have. Lisa Koser RN, BSN, CEN, EMT-P Ohio State University Hospitals East Emergency Department Nursing...
I would love the documentation tool. Is that possible? Shannon ________________________________ From: NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com [mailto:NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com]...
Dear Fellow Listserv Members: I am new to this facility and we are attempting to implement rapid response teams. Although, I have worked in facilities with...
Is anyone using a nurse screening tool for identifying patients at risk for aspiration? If so, would you be willing to share it. I'm seeing a lot of...
What company are you using? We use DATASCOPE, who has an EXCELLENT website. I recommend it, especially if your staff aren't that familiar with IABP's in the ...
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