I am looking for written orders and / or clincial pathways for terminal patients--hospital setting as the interim. Any ideas or sets I can view? Any help would...
We have always done primary care nursing in our critical care depts., we do not use nursing assistants, right now our charge nurse takes assignments, but we...
... We have a sedation protocol that includes using the MAAS scale. The MAAS level is ordered by the physician when they order the sedation protocol. My...
Hi: I am looking for a protocol or order sheet example for Dilaudid PCA. I would be willing to provide assistance on another topic in exchange. Thanks. Mary...
Our usual protocol for Diluadid PCA is 0.2 mg Demand available every 10 minutes with a 4.8 mg lockout in four hours. Usually do not run a continuous rate with...
Hi everyone, we're in the process of starting telemetry on a couple of acute care nursing units. Is there anyone who is not using a telemetry tech or someone...
Hello all! This is my first post to this list-serv. I am looking to polish a fall protocol that is in place in ED. I need some specific resources associated...
We are a 6 bed ICU in a community hospital and we do not use techs. Our nurses are responsible for maintaining the telemetry monitoring. We have 8 tele units....
... of ... telemetry ... who ... pager / ... Hi Robin Our stepdown is 26 beds, all telemtry. We do not use tele techs, however we have pagers to alert us to...
Up until this June, we always had a charge nurse at the desk who observed the monitors and read strips. If she was away from the desk, it was up to the...
At the time we looked at expanding our telemetry (2 years ago), both the company selling the paging systems and the VA Headquarters were not supportive of...
We have a 36 bed medical/ telemetry/ stroke unit. All of our patients on telemetry (90% at all times) are monitored via a nurse pager system. We do not...
I know the question as to how do you verify NG tube placement has been asked previously but does your unit only check placement by xray prior to tube feeding? ...
Our policy is all N/G or any feeding tube inserted for feeding/med admin. Must have placement confirmation per CXR before use. Bonnie Blankenship Clinical...
We are testing Gastric Ph and auscultation of an air bolus. ________________________________ From: NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com [mailto:NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com] On...
In the last institution I was in all the NG's were verified by X-ray. When I did a literature search the recommendation was that NG placement needed to be...
Would this apply to gavage feedings as well in the neonates? Di Diane Pelant RN, CCRN Clinical Director, Children's Center Office # 320-255-5782 Spectralink#...
Do the nurses working in critical areas like ICU, OR ,ER get any sort of allowances, incentives,night differentials etc? Thank you for your input. Jennifer ...
The Night shift workers get their Night differential, as per contract, and a weekend differential to work weekends. Another place I worked rotated the shifts...
For those who are involved in this initiative, I have a couple of questions. The goal for these patients is ER door to balloon (cath lab)- 90 minutes. We are...
yes they get all the shift differential, plus qualification differential and what is termed here as staff challenges differential ( which means the high risk...
We have a higher payscale for Critical Care nurses - they are about $2.00 an hour above the other nurses Lori A. Lupe RN, BSN,MSN, CCRN Director of Critical...
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