Clg03280

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1. Bladder pressure measurement

   Clg03280 replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU

   Our unit is a SICU/PICU. We use the AACN procedure manual with a smaller volume of fluid. Usually your patient has hemodynamic instability, increase in abdominal size and firmness, increase in vent support and decrease in u/o. You should inject ...

2. Bladder pressure measurement

   Clg03280 replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU

   Our unit is a SICU/PICU. We use the AACN procedure manual with a smaller volume of fluid. Usually your patient has hemodynamic instability, increase in abdominal size and firmness, increase in vent support and decrease in u/o. You should inject ...

3. Bladder pressure measurement

   Clg03280 replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU

   Our unit is a SICU/PICU. We use the AACN procedure manual with a smaller volume of fluid. Usually your patient has hemodynamic instability, increase in abdominal size and firmness, increase in vent support and decrease in u/o. You should inject ...

4. Bladder pressure measurement

   Clg03280 replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU

   Our unit is a SICU/PICU. We use the AACN procedure manual with a smaller volume of fluid. Usually your patient has hemodynamic instability, increase in abdominal size and firmness, increase in vent support and decrease in u/o. You should inject ...

5. Bladder pressure measurement

   Clg03280 replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU

   Our unit is a SICU/PICU. We use the AACN procedure manual with a smaller volume of fluid. Usually your patient has hemodynamic instability, increase in abdominal size and firmness, increase in vent support and decrease in u/o. You should inject ...

6. Bladder pressure measurement

   Clg03280 replied to NotReady4PrimeTime's topic in PICU

   Our unit is a SICU/PICU. We use the AACN procedure manual with a smaller volume of fluid. Usually your patient has hemodynamic instability, increase in abdominal size and firmness, increase in vent support and decrease in u/o. You should inject ...

7. Best Peds/PICU reference books???

   Clg03280 replied to peds4now's topic in PICU

   Critical Care Nursing of Infants and Children 2nd Ed. Curley Moloney-Harmon. Our PICU Attending bought us this book for us because he thought it was the best one.

8. Switch from adult to pediatric ICU?

   Clg03280 replied to CamilleL's topic in PICU

   I worked in an adult SICU for 4 years and then did PICU and never wanted to go back to adults. I love PICU. It is either for you or not for you.

9. Problems with PICU nurses

   Clg03280 replied to NeoRNtobe's topic in PICU

   In 13 years I've never seen that problem. Does your manager have a problem? Most people just leave the unit for something less stressful. More often I find people loving PICU and never leaving.

10. CRRT training.

    Clg03280 replied to km5v6r's topic in PICU

    Our PICU is combined with an adult SICU. We do Adults before children. Orientation is a 8hour beginner class with a dialysis nurse and then 8hours of being precepted on a patient with CRRT. Down the road there is a 4hour advanced CRRT class. We also ...