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1. Boxes of Gloves

   Pprwrk replied to Pprwrk's topic in General Nursing

   Policy can be changed if not appropriate or evidence based. My policy is not what I am questioning here. I am questioning the practice.

2. Boxes of Gloves

   Pprwrk replied to Pprwrk's topic in General Nursing

   I do not know off hand, but this is not just for terminal cleaning, this is all patients being transferred out of their ICU room. Presently, all equipment in the bedside supply cart gets tossed (syringes, flushes, dressings, IV start kits, EVERYTHIN...

3. Tossing supplies

   Pprwrk posted a topic in Critical

   After a patient (any patient) is transferred out of his ICU room, we throw out all supplies that were in the bedside supply cart Syringes, flushes, dressings, whatever). It 'feels' like a good idea for cleanliness, but I cannot say that I find any d...

4. Boxes of Gloves

   Pprwrk posted a topic in General Nursing

   After a patient is transferred out of a room (I work in ICU), do the boxes of gloves get tossed as part of the room cleaning??

5. Proactive Rounding and Family Initiated RRT

   Pprwrk replied to Pprwrk's topic in General Nursing

   And wow, THese were all comments as 'replies' to comments left by others, and yet they were all piled onto the end of the thread. This site is very glitchy.

6. Proactive Rounding and Family Initiated RRT

   Pprwrk replied to Pprwrk's topic in General Nursing

   In a perfect world, the chain of command would be followed appropriately, and all problems addressed in a timely manner. If this is not happening, I think the rounding may help uncover this, hold people accountable, and provide opportunities for edu...

7. Proactive Rounding and Family Initiated RRT

   Pprwrk replied to Pprwrk's topic in General Nursing

   This is the 'problem' and where this, if rolled out, may have to be tailored to our resources... The ICU Charge sometimes has a patient assignment. If she doesn't, then she is responsible for charge duties and responding to codes and RRTS. If she D...

8. Proactive Rounding and Family Initiated RRT

   Pprwrk replied to Pprwrk's topic in General Nursing

   How often IS it used?

9. Proactive Rounding and Family Initiated RRT

   Pprwrk replied to Pprwrk's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with the drain on resources. That's why I really want to know the first-hand failure and success stories with this approach. I know that it sounds like it could be false alarms and staff being pulled away unnecessarily.. but is that what ACT...

10. Proactive Rounding and Family Initiated RRT

    Pprwrk replied to Pprwrk's topic in General Nursing

    I am imagining this happening. and so are the other nurses and physicians. But I am wondering what the reality is in hospitals that already uses this approach, not just what we are afraid might happen.

11. Does your ICU use CHG wipes for bathing patients?

    Pprwrk replied to fatrabbit's topic in Critical

    Our ICU has been using the packaged CHG wipes for several years. The patients are to have a wipe-down with the packaged CHG wipes at least once a day. If the patient has been incontinent, or there is a larger mess to clean up, then washcloths with ...

12. Proactive Rounding and Family Initiated RRT

    Pprwrk replied to Pprwrk's topic in General Nursing

    So far, just seeing my face, getting to know me, knowing that the support is there HAS been positive for the floor nurses. Some of them feel very unsupported and crave a better relationship with the ICU, and greater sense of 'all hospital nurses as ...

13. Proactive Rounding and Family Initiated RRT

    Pprwrk replied to Pprwrk's topic in General Nursing

    From what I am reading, the Patient/Family initiated RRT call is presented in different ways (through posters, brochures, explanation by the nurse) as something to be initiated by the concerned family/patient in situations ranging from 'something isn...

14. Proactive Rounding and Family Initiated RRT

    Pprwrk posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am looking into developing a proactive rounding aspect to our Rapid Response system. I am also looking into developing a process for patients and visitors to activate the rapid response team. The proactive rounding would have the ICU nurse/RRT nu...

15. CLinical Nurse Expert

    Pprwrk replied to Pprwrk's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds amazing! But the position I am asking about is Clinical Nurse EXPERT. It seems like a fill-in for the Clinical Nurse Lead that my facility does NOT have. I was going back and forth on putting in for the position, because in the world o...