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At my hospital we are required to float from time to time. We have "float guidelines" for those floated into and out of specialty units, and are never required to do anything we don't fell comfortable with. For the most when we go outside our specialty we function as techs, doing blood draws, IV stats, blood sugars and other treatments we're familiar with. If we float within our specialty (we have more than one unit), we function at the same level as regular unit staff. Great question! Never jeopardize your license doing something you're not competent to do!

Hello all! I'm new to this forum and have a question. I am a long time psych RN...20+ years, in a large teaching hospital. At this facility a Critical Response Team", or CAT team was started a couple of years ago in an attempt to reduce morbidity/mortality rates. We are looking at initiating a similar team to respond to what may be psychiatric emergencies among the general hospital population. Does anyone have any experience with this sort of thing? If so I'd love to hear about it!