Danna, No, We have a preprinted order sheet that lists specific interventions based on the Sedation, Respiratory rate and Sao2 measurements every 4 hours. ...
I am also starting a 12 bed PCU and would be interested in your admission and discharge criteria. My fax is 740-399-3133. Thanks. Jill Hunter Director of...
I am interested in finding a consultant for projecting ICU beds based on census history, area demographics, technology, family centered care, etc. Does anyone...
I am developing a rapid response team for 900 bed facility. I am interested in how others have accomplished this especially as it relates to staffing. Who is...
We initiated our Critical Response Team last December. It is comprised of an RT, ICU RN and the house superviser. We are a 166 bed facility. My advice is lots...
Our facility is 260 beds and we implemented a Rapid Response Team that started in January of this year. Our team consists of the ICU Assistant Nurse...
We initiated our critical care response team 3 years ago. The team consists of a critical care nurse, RT, medical and surgical house physicians. We had the...
Jynae Thanks for the input. Does your charge nurse have patients? If there is one designated nurse, what do you if you have more than one call at a time? ...
thanks so much. We are working along similar practices at this time Emily ... From: NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com [mailto:NIHMBL@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of ...
Our RRT program has been in place for 11 months. Our team includes an ICU nurse, Resp therapist and resident, who each have their usual job duites and patient...
We have a productivity system and our unit secretaries are included in that system. Lori Bauman jill hunter <rnj91@...> wrote: Thank you Anne for sharing...
We just started our Rapid Response team this year. It is comprised of an ICU RN and an RT. Our facility is fairly tight with staffing and productivity and we...
We staff the team with an ICU nurse, a respiratory therapist and the patient's nurse. Our program has gone very well and we have seen a 38% reduction in codes...
We assign an ICU nurse to the RRT. He/she is given "one" of a "two" patient assignment plus the RRT calls. In looking for information on this same question...
We do use continuous oximetry on our pediatric patients. Lori Bauman sltobar@... wrote: What about end tidalled CO2 for pain and sedation management? ...
Our med/surg nurses would not be administering the emergency meds. The response time for our Dr. Heart team is so fast that it is not necessary. It is enough...
We are having a big problem with IV infections. What is any one doing for conpetencies, certifications, etc? Do you have an IV team and how is that run? Any...
Our hospital is looking at developing a physician role of Critical Care Medical Director. We are at the stage of defining what the role would be and writing a...
We have mandatory courses for all nurses in the hospital every 2 years at the IN SERVICE EDUCATION Dept for IV cannulation for 6 hours on hospital time. In...
We have an IV therapy team that does the majority of our new starts and restarts. They use chlorhexadene(sp?) preps. We include some basic IV therapy, such...
We encourage use of the stand-alone AED or AED mode on the defib, whichever one is closer. With the advent of the 2005 guidelines, CPR should be the primary...
In my facility, we have (2) IV therapist on duty for 3 facilities adjacent with each other and one separate facility, 2 blocks away from the 3 facilites for...
Hi Jennifer, The following is the Email that Linda Bell sent out regarding the ability to access the tool on the web. Hello, This email message is a...
... Hello all this is the first posting I have made. I am the manager of a SICU and SPCU and am very interested in thei acuity tool excell spread sheet. would...
