PIVputterinner

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1. Ancillary staff in PICU..do you use them?

   PIVputterinner replied to WineCountryRN's topic in PICU

   HazelLPN, where do you work. LPNs in the State of OHIO can rehang a running fluid, but only RNs can give Push drugs and titrate drips or take verbal/phone orders. The PICU where I work has no LPNs, If fact before I got my RN I was an LPN and the last...

2. Ancillary staff in PICU..do you use them?

   PIVputterinner replied to WineCountryRN's topic in PICU

   We use techs but they don't do much patient care, they help the RN bathe, change beds, transport, and they do finger stick labs. But mostly they stock the bedside, run to blood bank or pharmacy, and sometimes if we have a baby that is well enough to ...

3. PICU - What are your patient staff ratios?

   PIVputterinner replied to wendyw2's topic in PICU

   I work in a PICU that has 33 beds. We take care of 2 ventilated patients most of the time. We do have respiratory therapist but usually there are 3 RTs for 33 patients. They take care of the vents, but the RN's usually take care of the airways, blood...