CCRNblahblahblahRN

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1. CAM-ICU

   CCRNblahblahblahRN replied to bellehill's topic in Neuro

   We use baseline before neuro event occurs if the patient already has dementia/alzheimers etc. Otherwise baseline on admission.

2. CAM-ICU

   CCRNblahblahblahRN replied to bellehill's topic in Neuro

   Our unit recently started using a flowsheet for this assessment. The assessment is done BID 8a and 8p on all patients and has four main steps starting with 'has there been an acute fluctuation in pt mental status from baseline' and then on to can pa...

3. How much lorazepam have you given....

   CCRNblahblahblahRN replied to sassyrn333's topic in MICU

   The highest we titrate ativan gtts is 15 mg/hr, saw a pt who got 28 mg in an hour and was still fighting....lately have been using dexmedetomidine (precedex) gtts to wean down ativan with success. Also have found that giving small doses (1 mg prn q3...