I have a 32 bed Telemetry unit and monitor for a total of 55 patients throughout the hospital, in our unit we are forced to accept medical and or surgical...
I hope this turns up something good. Hope you are having a nice weekend. I am truly enjoying having a Monday off. It's been a very long time! See you...
Joe, The best advise I can give you is to follow the correct channels to help define the practice in your ICU. Find out if there are minimum monitoring...
Do you permit families to stay overnight in your ICU rooms and how do you accomodate them? Do you limit the number of people who can stay and do you have...
WENTWORTH RECRUITING Clinical Practice Manager AACN August 26, 2008 Requisition ID: 1428612113 Specifications The Situation The American Association of...
I can see how this situation might leave you feeling a bit frustrated and anxious especially if you are new to the hospital. You will need time to learn where...
We allow families in as often as possible, although we do have "blocks" of time for open visitation that are our primary visitation times. Families are allowed...
We allow one family member to sleep in the room overnight and have sleep rooms outside the ICU which familys can get through a lottery each evening. Only one...
We will soon be implementing left ventricular support for complex PCI patients using the Abiomed Impella Recover device. I am interested in hearing about...
Has anyone used the product called ZINGO or JTIPS for starting IV's??? It's a topical anesthetic that is "pushed" into the skin prior to the IV start to lessen...
What are the liability issues surrounding allowig patient family members to sleep in room. It's my understanding that this is routinely allowed at many...
Does anyone have a Fall Risk Assessment specific to ICU. We find that the Morse assessment does not fully capture the risk associated with our patients... ...
Kristen, We tried the JTips several years a go and then they had a problem with the device and it was no longer available. The trial we did went well and...
We limited areas where this could be done primarily because of the moderation sedation issue. We only allow it in ICU/CCU,PCAU, and the ED. If Our policy...
I have one from another facility. My sister is the CNS for Critical Care at this facility. Please send me your fax number and I will fax it to you. Becky...
We currently use the Angel Glide. It is slightly larger than a draw sheet and is slick on the side that touches the bed. It really does make a difference,...
I can share 2 different experiences: At one of the hospitals I work in, the majority of patients are NPO post extubation until they have a swallow study. The...
We are revising our orientation plan for monitor techs and I am trying to determine what the average orientation period is. Currently we are providing them...
We do the same in our ICU. Sometimes we will send to our Cardiac Care Unit after 6 hours in PACU. The CCU prefers these patients to the Carotid Stents, more...
We do not allow family members to stay in the patient room. We have 3 rooms available on a first-come-first-serve basis for this purpose. The rooms are...
We have 4 family sleep rooms adjacent to our ICU waiting room. We do allow a family member to sleep in the room, each ICU room has a chair that folds out into...
Our system uses Phillips Monitoring systems. This gives us our best deal and allows web access for Docs. I think it is a good system, the nurses use pagers...
Does anyone have a closed unit, no floating in or out? Is there a float pool too? What are some basic guidelines in place? Thanks Barb Miller,Director...
This is consistent in all of our ICU's (adult, peds, etc.). Families sleeping in a room in a non-patrolled area (i.e. frequent checks by security as we have...
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