Our infection control nurse enters the information into the computer system.. The information then is associated with that patient's MR number and appears as...
Does anyone use a discharge time-out process when discharging patients to help ensure all core measures have been met? If so, would you be willing to share...
Can anyone give me any information good, bad or indifferent in regards to compliance and decreasing VAP with the Sage or Kimberly Clark oral care kits? Also,...
Jill, We are a 29 bed cardiovascular surgical care tele unit. Patient population includes: cardiac surgery post-op some may arrive "same-day hearts",...
ACCN just published an article in this months journal which is confusing, but does mention the latest research. CHG twice a day is being indicated as good...
The evidence certainly seems to support it. We have been using the Sage Q-Care 2 hr kits for a couple of years now and love them! We also sometimes have...
What does your organization?include when calculating your unit?productivity?? What?type of unit do you manage and what?are your budgeted HPPD?? Our...
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May 7, 2009 10:47 pm
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I manage 2 - 10 beds units, CCU & ICU. We are a 325 bed community hospital, have a lot of vents/many surgeries/PCI/sepsis/CRRT/IABP, etc. 80 - 90% occupancy....
We are a 7-bed Med/Surgical ICU with responsibilities to respond to all Rapid Response Team calls and all inhouse codes. In addition the Charge Nurse has a...
Hello All, What unit do you sent your patients to if they have a temporary transvenous pacemaker? I have been discussing this issue with my CNO as he thinks...
Jill, I have a 50 bed Medical/PCU unit in Southern Maryland with lower acuity. No real drips other than low dose dopamine but lots of IV push cardiac meds....
Darla, What about your Charge Nurses. What criteria do you use to choose a Charge Nurse? Years of PCU experience? Years as an RN? Also do use use techs or...
Transvenous pacers are placed by the physician in our ICCU. The patient stays for monitoring until they no longer need the pacer or they get a permanent...
I just read an interesting article describing a hospital that has the RRTs placing PICC lines. Do any of you use RRTs to place PICC lines? If so, what steps...
I'd like to know where the article was about RRT's placing PICC lines. We have our IV team and some ICU nurses starting them (after extensive training), and it...
Missy, It's funny you should ask as about a month ago I hired a new part-time evening shift charge nurse. I have charge nurses Mon-Thur. from 6:30am to...
Hi, The charge nurse for our 18 bed MSICU also responds to codes and RRT's. We do not give an assignemnt to our CN. If worse comes to worst during the shift,...
The ICU does assist with transvenous pacer care and takes these patients post-op CABG, valve, etc. Our physicians also place the transvenous pacers if...
Jill, I manage a 26 bed PCU. We care for medical and surgical stepdown type patients. Our ratios are 4-5:1 on days and 6-7:1 on nights. I don't utilize...
Darla, Thank you so much for responding to my email. We also do staff interviews and it has worked well. I have nurses on nightshift that only have 1 yr of...
SRamsey :-) ... From: ramseycen@... To: NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wed, 20 May 2009 8:19 am Subject: Adenosine at bedside Hi everyone.? Can you tell me...
ramseycen@...
May 25, 2009 11:10 pm
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Hi everyone.? Can you tell me if?the critical care nurses who respond to rapid response calls in your organization?permitted to push Adenosine at the bedside...
ramseycen@...
May 25, 2009 11:10 pm
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We do the same as you but we don't have a RRT team but we do respond to codes and our charge nurse does take a team. We do not hire new grads (they have to...
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