Just a general question...if you are a nurse that does charge duties as well, how much extra do you get paid to do so? Here, at my hospital, staff RN's only do charge on the weekends and have an assignment as well. We get an extra $0.75/hr to handle that stress. Our director said they are going to look into other hospitals and will hopefully adjust to stay competitive. Any input would be appreciated.
We usually, as a standard, tape the OGT to the ETT (still being able to visualize cm markers and tube size markers etc...). Anesthesia, now, does not want anything taped directly to the ETT. My question for everyone is, what is your standard for securing OGT's in intubated patients?