Code Lavender?!

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Specializes in ED, Pedi Vasc access, Paramedic serving 6 towns.

Hi,

I was just doing some holistic nursing homework and one of the questions was asking what it was. I had never heard of this until I looked up what it was.

Apparently it is like a code team, except it is a group of nurses trained in holistic care, that assist patients and staff who are experiencing high stress.

Is anyone using this at their hospital or other facility, and is it effective??

Annie

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Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.

So share, what is a code lavender? Bottle of perfume spilled?

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Specializes in Hospice.

I was thinking that it was something I put in my bath water after a hard long night.

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Specializes in ED, Pedi Vasc access, Paramedic serving 6 towns.

LOL, nope apparently being utilized by Cleveland clinic. When a code lavender is called a group of holistic nurses provides massages, aromatherapy, and spiritual care is what I got out of the article.

When I worked in the ER I would have called one of these every minute for staff and patients... we would have needed our own team.

Annie

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Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.

I totally want a code lavender!

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Specializes in Oncology.

We supposedly have some similar. It's not called that. And no one I know has ever done it. I wouldn't even know how to call one.

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This is for the staff, right? ;)

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Massages???.......

Code Lavender! Code Lavender!

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Specializes in ED, Pedi Vasc access, Paramedic serving 6 towns.

Yes for staff AND patients. Yes Nlitened, that is what the article said, massages!

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I can not even imagine this actually being called out over an intercom throughout a hospital! :D

That would be awesome, but I'm afraid I'd end up abusing the system and they'd suspend my "code lavender" privileges :roflmao:

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Specializes in NICU.
So share, what is a code lavender? Bottle of perfume spilled?

It's a CODE Brown for the hospital's upper administration. Because their **** don't stink

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I would much rather see a Code Mocha team instituted. I'm currently fantasizing about an espresso machine with all the fixins on a rolling cart and a herd of baristas running down the hall to the rescue.

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