In my hospital when a central catheter (including those used for dialysis) is occluded the physician usually gives orders for a fibrinolytic. We instill...
C STARVAGGI
eupneic@...
Mar 2, 2009 2:04 am
4824
I was wondering if anyone can help me with me a paper for my BSN out there. Budgeting, managed care future health care trends. I am an RN who is almost...
I am a new grad nurse starting in ICU next week, and was wondering if anyone would be willing to send me the sheet your hospital uses, so i can use it as a...
mommy_of_3_in_al
mommy_of_3_in_al@...
Mar 7, 2009 3:07 pm
4826
I'll see if I can send U an excell attachment this pm. Off to bed; gotta work & this will be 5/5 tonight. Will that help? Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless...
when first working with IV tubing you're told to watch/avoid?for air in the lines however there's a bubble test where agitated saline is pushed through a...
What kind of a sheet are you looking for? I have a report sheet I've developed that works well for me & helps me plan my shift. Interested??? ... From:...
Yes, I would be very interested in seeing it, if you do not mind. I hav a couple that i am looking at, and will probably pull from each of them,so it would be...
Hope these go through. If they do, you can see how you can tweak the spreadsheet format to your own needs... This was actually the brain-child of my friend...
... We are facing the same problem as below. Did you able to fix the problem. Can you share it with us? Very appreciative. Thanks, Suma...
sumakoshy
sumakoshy@...
Mar 9, 2009 11:15 am
4834
The manufacturer oftentimes has flowsheets to share. janie ... From: sumakoshy <sumakoshy@...> To: nursebob@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 11:58...
jgk1278@...
Mar 9, 2009 3:32 pm
4835
send me your fax and I could fax the sheeth that we use Bill Small (we buy and sell homes, we also buy notes starting at 60,000++) "The greatest discovery of...
March 11, 2009 HHS Launches New Office of Recovery Act Coordination The Office will help ensure the timely, organized and transparent distribution of an...
I don't mean to whine too much ....but... just curious - how many smaller (16 multi-purpose bed) ICU units will load a nurse with 3 patients? Two vented...
I manage four 8-bed units...and if we can't get the staff, our nurses are tripled. We use travel nurses/agency and $250 bonuses to get staff in; however, a...
And then we all wonder and oooh and ahhh because there is a shortage of nurses at the bedside!!!!! Nurses I believe go to nursing careers as they wish to do...
What bothers me most, is that the hospital will tell you suck it up, it's your job, but god forbid something happen, Then..it's a whole different story. It...
George Gallen
g_gallen@...
Mar 13, 2009 5:37 am
4842
Kudos to managers and CEOs who do not put their patients in that situation..EVER! ... Kudos to managers and CEOs who do not put their patients in that...
... Am I wrong about national (US) standard of care for ICU being 2:1 with the exception of patients requiring 1:1? Once a Tele patient comes into our unit,...
Sheryl Till
sctill2@...
Mar 13, 2009 2:52 pm
4845
I think management has to be held responsible and often sends nurses the wrong message of we will report you to the board if to refuse a patient, the national...
Michelle Rositani
mrositani@...
Mar 13, 2009 2:53 pm
4846
Jen do you have take a team?? We have a 2 ICU RN manager that take teams. It's so much help! ________________________________ From: jennifer steenburg...
<< On the other hand if nurses do not say no and keep accepting a third patient or even sometimes a second that is too critical they will keep getting them....
totally agree with conni! And if the hospital (not the bedside RN) is not able to provide adequate nurses for the type of patients they are claiming to be...
But the problem (as CEO's see it), is that insurance companies will only Reimburse at the level of care the patient NEEDS, vs what is available. So a tele pt...
George Gallen
g_gallen@...
Mar 13, 2009 8:06 pm
4850
You can't blame the floors for the problems. They are in just as deep as you are, Except instead of 3 critical care patients, they may have 8-12 merge surgical...
George Gallen
g_gallen@...
Mar 13, 2009 8:18 pm
4851
AMEN! So the respective insurance companies need to have licensure requirements of having to attend continuing ed in all catagories eg gerentology, critically ...
<< You can't blame the floors for the problems. They are in just as deep as you are. >> You are right - the way I wrote it reads like I was blaming poor...