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1. Is anyone using the BIS in the ICU? Like it?

   SDNavyRN replied to jgeorgern4's topic in MICU

   Anesthesia has brought it upstairs a few times on VIP pts when the MICU team has requested it....I didnt like it at all, the number it would give for sedation levels would not at all correlate with patient assessment...to be fair, nursing did not rec...

2. Pharmacy oversight with Heparin gtts, and use of Heparin Nomograms?

   SDNavyRN posted a topic in Safety

   So I was at the monthly pharmacy and therapeutics meeting this month where I represent Crit Care nursing and the patient safety rep stated: 1. that she thought pharmacy needed to start overseeing the PTTs for heparin drips much like they review PT/IN...