AMV

AMV

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About AMV

AMV has 19 years experience and specializes in Cardiovascular.


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  1. Ethical and moral dilemma

    BTW, at my facility, this is done through the Risk Manager.
  2. Ethical and moral dilemma

    Device failures (such as the AICD) should be reported to the FDA. The hospital is required to report these. The FDA keeps statistics on this for possible device recalls.
  3. Yes, I am a little worried about the OPPS as we have no idea what the volume will be and it looks like I will be abstracting those as well. At this time, the corporation that owns our facility does not allow sampling, even though our numbers would al...
  4. New Job!

    PDSA is Plan - Do - Study - Act and is a method of rapid cycle improvement. Check out info from IHI http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Topics/Improvement/ImprovementMethods/HowToImprove/testingchanges.htm for more information.
  5. For any of you out there who abstract from the paper chart, how much time do you average per chart? We are a 300 bed facility and do 100% of SCIP, AMI, PN, CAC and HF. It seems that with the continual addition of measures to each of the measure sets ...
  6. RN with MBA, has anyone done this?

    I am in an MBA - Healthcare Emphasis program and my CNO is trying to convince me to switch to MS nursing. I started with an ADN and went into an RN to MS bridge program where some master's level nursing classes are taken instead of BS - such as nurs...
  7. I am very confused about being an NP. someone please help!!

    If you are open to relocating, these exist all over the country. The University that I attend also offers one... I will post the link here http://www.twu.edu/nursing/programs/rn_ms/index.htm Good luck!
  8. Too Old?

    I have to admit, this is one of the biggest things that bothers me! I am 40 now, I am in an RN to MS program for FNP. I work full-time and go to school "almost" full-time. At the rate I am going, I will be 43 or 44 by the time that I finish. Lately, ...
  9. Associate RN to NP???

    I am in such a program at TWU - Texas Woman's University. Here is the link for the RN (ADN) to MS program, which includes the NP programs. http://www.twu.edu/nursing/programs/rn_ms/index.htm
  10. What are your limits for tele techs?

    What did you do in the event that one called in sick and a replacement couldn't be found? Did you use a nurse from the unit or did they just use one tech?
  11. Actually, our monitor or tele techs are trained in a two day basic EKG class and then go back for another one day advanced class that focuses on blocks, lethal rhythms, etc. Usually these people have a background as EMT / paramedic or have done this ...
  12. I have a question for those of you out there who work on a Tele, PCU or IMCU unit that uses remote telemetry monitoring. I am trying to find out what your facility standards are for the telemetry tech as far as what is the max. # of patients that the...
  13. Any of you out there who work on a Tele, PCU or IMCU unit that uses remote telemetry monitoring... I am trying to find out what your facility standards are for the telemetry tech as far as what is the max. # of patients that they can monitor before a...
  14. Disease Managment

    Gosh... I am so sorry about your job. I am surprised though because I just went to their site last night and based on some of the threads that I had read here, the job they had posted sounded like the disease management. I am also disappointed becau...
  15. Disease Managment

    I see the posts from March from a couple of you that are training for or just going in to telenursing in the disease management field. Are you still liking it? I am looking in to this field - currently working as a Coordinator for a step down unit an...