We change them q24hrs. Codi Bateman Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Psalm 25:5 ... From:...
Hi, I was a Clinical resource nurse as they term it, before i was asked to manage the ICU where i work and my work was mainly in ICU and ER and it most...
There is a significant difference between a CNS and other sound-alike job descriptions. I would be interested is seeing both. From: NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com...
... asked to manage the ICU where i work and my work was mainly in ICU and ER and it most certainly was beneficial for nurses and patient care. ... nurses in...
... asked to manage the ICU where i work and my work was mainly in ICU and ER and it most certainly was beneficial for nurses and patient care. ... nurses in...
To start with, give them a written list of duties to fulfill during the shift and then assign them to a charge nurse. The charge nurse might give them the run...
I am currently reviewing our policy on the transferring of patients to a higher level of care within our 200 bed community hospital. Example would be med/surg...
Hello everyone, Do any of you have a protocol in place for weaning a patient on ventilator? Who initiates your protocol? The physician, RN or respiratory...
Have you gotten any feed back on this? Saw our name and had to ask? Cindy Litteken elizrn76 <elizrn76@...> wrote: We are re-evaluating our sitter usage...
This has been an ongoing problem in all the hospitals that I have worked in. The nursing assistants feel as though they are "dumped" on and the nurses feel...
Agnes, If you give me your fax number I can fax you a protocol that we used in Albany, NY. The weaning protocol in the Cardio-Pulmonary Surgical unit was...
We require the RN to accompany the pt. It is usually the RN taking care of the pt on the med/surg floor and often the RRT nurse is with them and the RT if it...
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The doctor officially inititates but with input from the nurses. AGNES MARCORDE-LUCERO <agnes_lucero@...> wrote: Hello everyone, Do any...
We use pyxis and there are queries that have to be answered for look alike/sound alike and high alert meds. Joyce Chambers, RN, CCRN Clinical Director,...
A nurse has to travel with the patient, and if the patient is at risk for coding, comes with monitor/defibrillator/oxygen/ambu. RT will travel with a patient...
I currently work in a 17 bed PICU/PCICU. We are currently developing our charge role. We are interested to know if your units use permenant charge nurses? The...
We have an ICU nurse stay with the patient if transferring from Med/surg or tele - RT also stays if patient is intubated or bagged - if going from med/surg to...
I am looking for a standard if there is on how often data needs to be validated in the PICU/NICU in regards to computerized documentation Diane Pelant RN, CCRN...
In an effort to reduce infections from central lines we have trained select ICU nurses to insert PIC lines for ICU patients. The IV team has opposed this here...
In revising our chest tube dressing policy and procedure the question came up about the use of vaseline gauze around the chest tube. I know a lot of people use...
Hello Anne, This is my fax number 718-960-3614. Thank you very much for the information. Agnes ... From: NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com [mailto:NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com]...
I would also like a job description for a full time charge nurse. We are combining a CCU & SICU in a new hospital and will go from a charge nurse who takes...
In our rural facility we have a small core of nurses (not just ICU nurses) who insert PICC lines. This has given us a variety of staff, departments, and...
In our facility, we have IV team to insert difficult IVs, repair tunneled catheters, skin testing, PICC insertion 24/7. There are 2-3 RNs to cover 3 hospitals,...
Bonnie, I am the ICU Clinical Support Nurse and ICU staff nurse @ Monroe Hospital in Bloomington Indiana. I support you in this effort ............. Let me...