... Lopressor and Diltizem IVP. Karen in WV ... nurses on those units are ACLS trained. ... institutions allow nurses on telemetry floors to administer ... ...
Our nurses are all ACLS trained and we decided with our staffing ratios especially on nights that IVPB was safer for our patients for both labetolol and...
As the patient ID bands are difficult to scan, the staff have become accustomed to scanning a patient sticker as the identifier for the IStat and/or Accucheck...
For our PCU the hours worked per patient day are calculated for a 24 hour day based on our midnight census. Does everyone else do it this way? It doesn't make...
I would like to ask the group about nurses and administering adenosine. What is your policy for administering adenosine in an ICU, step-down unit or regular...
We administer in our ED, ICU and PCU. The RN must be ACLS trained in these areas. The physician does not need to be present but they must give the order. We...
Cole,Annette
acole@...
Dec 7, 2007 7:16 pm
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Yes, unfortunately productivity is captured in this aspect. Jessica <jessika1110@...> wrote: For our PCU the hours worked per patient day are...
Census is calculated at midnite.. For our IMC the HWPPD is about 18 and our ICUs vary from 21 to 26 HWPPD. You need to include ADT and look at your benchmark...
Yes this is the way we do it too because it is the data most available. What is important is that your measure is consistent. So when you compare your HPPD,...
Nurses ACLS trained/certified. Can be given in CCU/CVICU/ED only. Doctor does not have to be present-ER doc is close by should we need him/her. Joyce...
I am facing a quandary over Christmas gifts for my staff of approximately 110. Anyone else care to share what you've done in the past or how you plan to handle...
I have never done anything unfortunately. I have approximately 200 employees and I'm sending kids to college! One of the nursing directors here always gives a...
The barcode scan was removed from our chart labels- so there is only one option- scan the patient. The arm bands have been revised too- because of difficulty...
My facility no longer lets us budget for seasonal gifts. This year, I ordered a card with a one year calendar to give to each staff member that I personally...
The most I have had to buy was 70-- over the years , depending n the number i have had to purchase I have given them: 1. bought calendars - you can get two...
my supervisors and I go together and make bags with candy, microwave popcorn, ground coffee, and snacks for each unit and each shift - this way everyone...
For our financial reports we do use midnight census, for productivity we look at three different times of the day for a snap shot - we are using ADT but still...
We personally give a small gift of $2-$2.50 per person. There are 7 of us contributing which are identified as the ICU leadership team (director, core charge,...
I had done a search on the internet for heart shaped favors (We're a CVICU) I found nice silver picture frames with a silver heart decoration for $1.67 each....
In my experience, I find the staff needs to keep up with their schedule. During the end of the year, I always give the staff a pocket size calendar which is...
Our hospital does a 'grab bag' event so there is no funding for other gifts. I have 100 direct reports so I simply do cards. I make all my own cards so it is...
Cole,Annette
acole@...
Dec 10, 2007 6:23 pm
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For the nurses who are on our Shared Governance Committee,we only work inthe AM of our December meeting and in the afternoon all committtee members have 4...
A couple ideas from places I've worked: 1. The unit based management team makes breakfast for the staff. The staff love it. Director, mgrs, asst managers dress...
I have purchased scratch off lottery cards and gave them each 2 cards and chocolate. They got a kick out of it and some even won some dollars! Carol Ludlow...
We use insulin drips in all 4 of our adult ICU's that stress very tight glucose control as probably many ICU's do. The question I have is when patients are...
We are currently planning a charge nurse workshop. I was wondering if anyone would share anything that they may have used that was successful. Any assistance...
I would be interested in this as well! AH Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld ... From: "ksjre7" <eichenlk@...> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:06:17 ...
I would appreciate this information as well. Diane Pelant RN, CCRN Clinical Director, Children's Center Office # 320-255-5782 Spectralink# 59502 ... From:...
I would be interested in this information as well. I am also interested in how other facilities structure charge RN roles (patient load, leadership roles,...
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