Ditto for our Perioperative and Surgical Services. Those that do direct care for kids pre and post op complete ENPC as well. Alisa Shackelford, RN MBA MA CCRN ...
Yes. New hires have 1 year to complete. All areas that perform moderate sedation are required to have ACLS. Barb Morris [Non-text portions of this message...
ACLS is mandatory for all of our ICU nurses and because we are a small, very rural hospital and sometimes have intermediate peds they are all required to take...
We require both ACLS and PALS for our Radiology nurses. The ICU requires ACLS for everyone, new nurses have a year. The Rapid Response nurses and Charge group...
We do not require ACLS on an ongoing basis. We are probably quite unique in that regard. New RNs are required take ACLS by a given time (individualized to each...
We are preparing to purchase new IV pumps. Can anyone give me feedback on the pumps they currently use and the features they like or dislike on their current...
In our 378 bed Level II trauma center it is mandatory that all new nurses (we hire and train many new grads) complete this ACLS cert within 6 months of hire...
At the Charleston SC VAMC we use the Alaris pumps which has drug dosing parameters which are programmed in as per the institution guidelines. The pump has the...
Good Morning, I am looking to identify the use of assistant nurse managers and nursing coordinators on various inpatient units. Could you please answer the ...
We use Alaris with drug and IV fluid guardrails. The guardrails are built in with weight based ranges and prompts for high alert drugs. Upgrades can be costly...
This is from Charleston VAMC and this is the PD I use. I also run the 5 million lives, and practice committee, have 16 ICU beds. My CNS does the PI. From:...
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Does anyone permit RNs to perform intrapleural drug instillation, such as retaplase, to break up loculations? If so, do you have a protocol or procedure you'd...
This is done in our special procedures dept Julia Skrlac, RN, BSN, CNOR Nurse Manager Critical Care Springfield Regional Medical Center Ohio Sent from my...
We require all staff to be ACLS certified on an ongoing basis. New Grads have 1-1.5 years to obtain. Cardiac Surgical Tele Unit Patty Labrie, RN BSN Clinical...
We currently have one director and one assistant director ( off-shift) for a 14 bed ICU. Another role we started to implement is a clinical care facilator (...
Hello, The clinical coordinator is the ANM. (We also have a PI coordinator for Periop and a CNS) in our inpatient and outpatient ambulatory surgery and PACU...
We are an adult Critical Care Unit. We can take pediatric patients over 40 kg if they are fairly stable but just need close observation for 24 hours. Does...
We started out with the Kimberly Clark kits about 4 years ago and switched to Sage. The staff like the Sage toothbrush and covered suction better. We haven't...
We have been allowing our nurses to instill tPA into chest tubes for several years. There is literature out there to support the practice. We had all our...
How funny this topic should come up. I just spent a lot of time trying to run down the answer to this question. First let me be specific about what I am...