icuhopeful

Thank you!! I am still concerned about the lack of training for a life saving device. I’m glad to hear the reps are so responsive to the bedside nurses needs.

Thank Thank you!! You were very helpful. I suspect I will be calling the 1-800 often. Cheers?

Hello fellow critical nurses!! My employer wants our ICU to start taking patients post heart cath with impella pumps. They have offered a 2 hour training course (impella representative with machine only).I have looked online for how other facilities train their staff, competencies, hours with a patient with impella etc. I can’t seem to find anything. Is this the norm now? How have you been trained on this device?

Sorry to tell you this is quite the norm.. Floor nursing in a hospital environment is very difficult. You are it for all your pt's needs. Toileting, feeding, changing beds/bedpans. Techs are becoming extinct. Total care is becoming the norm. Try it out. You will see. No it is not that bad, not all the time. Most days are horrible, it just makes you appreciate the good days more.