Danztam

Hi yes no the docs didn't come up with this policy and aren't too thrilled, they are Peds hospitalists so the RT dept is rewriting this policy and not asking for our input or theirs. I understand oxygen is a drug but if you can still do insulin ranges in the adult world why can't you do some sort of range in Peds for oxygen. I mean it's ridiculous because with children and oxygen you could be playing around all night sometimes. I feel it will be a barrier to weaning overnight. No one wants to wake up the docs if they finally got a little shut eye. Oh and there was no event. Nothing happened. We do separate orders for high flow.

Hi there our hospital is recently changing its Oxygen policy. It will require us to get a new MD order every time we titrate oxygen in pediatrics. If we change from nasal cannula to venti mask we need a new order, if we titrate down from 1 liter to 0.5Liters we need an order. If we go up we need an order. We work nights and in pediatrics you can play with oxygen and equipment all night depending on how your kids sleep and their ages and if they roll over. It just seems excessive and doesn't allow our critical thinking. I'm wondering if this is the new norm out there?? thank you!