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I am the Unit Manager for a 34 bed Med/Surg unit in a rural hospital. Our facility has been through some hurdles with nursing educators and we currently only have one on staff. I need to offer a Med/Surg refresher course to my staff. I need some ideas.... I would like to cover basic Med/Surg topics so that all staff including nursing assistants can attend and then offer some disease/procedure specific topics for the RN's. Has anyone out there developed something like this that they would be willing to share? Or has anyone brought in a speaker to do some staff education that they can recommend?

I am a clinical coordinator on a med/surg unit and a co-chair of our Professional Development Council in our hospital. We currenlty use McKesson for our computerized charting (which I'm sure is not being utilized in the correct way). Currently our nurses chart IV's in 3 different areas, which become a pain and compliance is decreasing. I recently discovered that not all the units in the hospital chart their IV information the same and I'm looking into making changes and I need HELP!!! I was wondering if anyone knows the IV documentation requirements from Joint Commission and CMS that are required to get documentation? Or If you have McKesson can you tell me how your nurses are documenting? Thank you, C