icuhopeful

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 ...

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?

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 ...