Published Feb 14, 2012
gfoster6993
25 Posts
I was just wondering if any of you guys could head
me in the right direction with a good cost effective PICCO topic. I am a first
year RN student, and the instructors would like to see how far we can take this.
I turned in a "rough" draft of an idea, but unfortunetly it wasn't a good idea.
I did clinicals this past week in the ED department and realized that they only
had one med room per each "huge" section of the ED (there were 4 diffferent
sections). I came up with the thought that if they could install at least 1
Pixes station at each nursing station it could save time for the nurses to have
to run to this one med room to draw up meds in an emergency situation.....time
saved is cost saved....also say a nurse got a stat order for Haldol so he/she
runs to the med room pulls up the med comes back out only to realize that the
pt. is allergic. Then this medication is wasted. If there could be more Pixes
near the charts, near the computers, near the doctors, this could save wasted
supplies which in turn saves money. But like I said unless I am totally thinking
about this in the wrong way, I don't know what or how to do this. Any ideas
would be greatfully appreciated. Maybe I just need this PICCO concept explained
in greater detail to me. Thanks so much for any info!!
nurseprnRN, BSN, RN
1 Article; 5,116 Posts
what's a picco topic? could you please tell us what you mean?
Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN
20,908 Posts
I have NO CLUE what a PICCO topic is but I do know it's PYXIS not Pixes. What is a PICCO concept?
ckh23, BSN, RN
1,446 Posts
I also am confused. Do you mean a PICO topic that is used in research?
Oh......I get it.....
P-What is your Population?
I-What is one Intervention that you think you would like to give your population?
C-What intervention do you want to Compare with the first one?
O-When you looked at the article, what Outcomes occurred with the intervention you chose?
Since the OP hasn't returned I'll stop here
::dopeslaps own forehead::
i miss the smacking forehead and hiding behind the couch....lol