maxm

Get used to it...unless you take a desk job, you will still be cleaning up poop!!! and not just the physical stuff either...sometimes I think that is easier to clean up than the other. cleaning up poop gives you an excellent opportunity to chat with the patient...something I really enjoy doing.

our gi unit does " on demand" endoscopy and it seems to work really well for most patients and saves them a clinic visit. these patients have to be relativly healthy and most of them are screening colonoscopies. ther is a form, an H and P that needs to be completed on arrival and the doctor must do a full assessment. if you check the johns hopkins website and look under the department of gastroenterology, there is a nice form as well as their reccomendations for open access endoscopy. it looks like a good reference tool.

we are currently writing and building with EPIC and this is an up and down experience. is anyone elsoe out there using this vender??

we have 2 rn's per room most days...we have one lpn who functions like a tech. this seems to work well except for ercps when we really need 3 nurses, but have never had the luxury. we are going to computerized charting in about 1 year and i am curious as to the company your hospital is using for your service. we are using EPIC.

i think this is a problem, in my institution, the sedating nurse is to be watching the patient and monitoring vital sign. this is what the policy says. we have 2 people in the room for all procedures. what soes your conscious sedation policy say.