kat9114

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1. ECMO in the CVICU

   kat9114 posted a topic in Safety

   I work in an 8 bed CVICU, I wanted to know if anyone else has any experience with patients on ECMO and who is responsible for managing it and if it is the nursing staff what training is provided???

2. Staffing by acuity

   kat9114 replied to willie2001's topic in General Nursing

   Where can I find ICU, specifically CVICU type acuity based staffing models?

3. Nurse Patient Ratios in an 8 bed CVICU

   kat9114 replied to kat9114's topic in Safety

   We staff our CVICU with 1:1 for the first 4-6hours post-op, if stable they then could be 2:1. Patients with multiple titrating pressors we try to keep 1:1. VADs are 1:2 post-op for the first 4-8h then always 1:1 until stable. IABP with titrating ...

4. Nurse Patient Ratios in an 8 bed CVICU

   kat9114 posted a topic in Safety

   I am a Pateint Care Coordinator in a busy 8 bed CVICU. We average 4 cases per day. Our acuity tends to be high. I would like to know how others staff their units. We are currently battling with higher hours of care than our administrators would ...

5. closed staffing

   kat9114 replied to kat9114's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, the only time we float is to an ICU for managing CRRT,IABP when they have no qualified staff. Can you help??

6. closed staffing

   kat9114 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Help!! Can any one talk to me about Closed Staffing Units and how you maintain this? I work in an 8 bed CVICU. We have 30 nurses and have attempted closed staffing for the first time over the last year. This week we OPENED We need to revamp our...