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1. CCRN time requirement

   icuedu replied to CASSYANN's topic in MICU

   Yeah we just had seven people in our unit take and pass the CCRN exam....Two of which have only been nurses for just over a year.... We had a debate at the beginning of our "CCRN drive" about the time req...and the poster who said it can even be less...

2. ICP Transducers

   icuedu replied to Treb4K's topic in Neuro

   Ok I have been trying to get this question answered and this thread seemed closest.... We are having a debate in our unit right now on the "correct" way to zero the transducer on an External Drainage System (Codman EDS-3 to be exact)..... We have two...

3. Documentation of Tube Feeds

   icuedu replied to icuedu's topic in MICU

   So documenting that the intake is 65 (just because that is what the pump) per hour is as accurate as zeroing the pump frequently? I'm sorry, I'm not trying to be sarcastic or anything....But what if the TF is stopped for a short time, maybe going to ...

4. Documentation of Tube Feeds

   icuedu posted a topic in MICU

   Howdy all....I am looking for some advice/info.... A few years back our facility was "dinged" by CMS for not accurately recording our enteral nutrition. (What nurses were doing is setting their TF pumps at say 65cc/hr and then documenting 65cc/hr ac...

5. Anyone using ECCO?

   icuedu replied to suzannepike's topic in Educators

   Thought I'd bump this because we are looking into starting this in our ICU's.......Anyone???

6. We need a Nursing TV show

   icuedu replied to jbeck817's topic in General Nursing

   And unfortunately in today's world.....(this is what it would turn into) Joe and Sara then retire the the breakroom for a heated session of sex still "high" from post-code adrenaline. Two and a half months later Joe is now sleeping with Glenda and Sa...