LoriA

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1. Pain Mgmt in PICU

   LoriA posted a topic in PICU

   Hi to All- Are there any PICU's out there who have specific pain mgmt criteria (ie order sets) based on pain scales (FLACC, MAAS, Numeric)? We use these scales but are trying to come up with a way to be more consistent in our approach to improve pati...

2. PICU Census

   LoriA posted a topic in PICU

   To All PICU's- How has your patient census been this fall and winter? Please give me your bed capacity and average census. Let me know if you are up/ down/ about the same. Our census the last 6 months has been lower than in past years.Possible due to...

3. Mentoring in PICU

   LoriA posted a topic in PICU

   Our staff has turned over 50% in the last 2 years. We have 6 nurses who have more than 5 years of PICU experience. The other 14 have less than 2. We are considering starting a mentoring program in our unit. Does anyone out there have one in place? If...

4. Self Scheduling!!

   LoriA replied to shellasee's topic in Pediatric

   we have 3-4 rn's per shift. vacations and specific requests are approved if possible. everybody is really good and will cover extra shifts or switch with someone who needs off. i guess the key to any self-scheduling is flexibility! self-scheduling is...

5. PEDS or PICU?!?

   LoriA replied to VgsNrs's topic in Pediatric

   Hi- I have been a pediatric nurse for 18+ years. I started my career right out of college on the general peds floor. Best thing I ever did. I did 2 years on the floor and then transferred to the PICU where I have worked ever since. Working on the flo...

6. Self Scheduling!!

   LoriA replied to shellasee's topic in Pediatric

   We are an 8 bed PICU. We self schedule by putting nurses into 3 groups(attempting to get FTE's approx =). Our sign-up schedule comes out on Monday. Group 1-signs up Mon/Tues; Group 2 signs up Wed/Thurs; Group 3 signs up Fri/Sat. We rotate groups ever...