CYBERNURSE2000

Hello ParRN, Though we have not yet expirenced any emergencies during transport at this time, I do fear that there are some of our junior staff that can fall into a bad situation during a trasport. I must say, that you as the nurse responsible for that paitent, should never allow any waiting time between you, your patient and the test IE: ct-scan,special procedure or otherwise. What we have done is that CT will call for the Patient, so that when we get there the test is done right away. we also would never transport a patient to a test who is unstable,( MAX Or High dose Levo ect.)I appreciate your response but, do you have a written approved policy that dictates to you who goes with what pts, and when??? I'm more intersted in the actual policy than the obvious ongoings and possible problems with transport. -- Does anyone out there have an actual POLICY? Thanks, CYBERNURSE2000.

I work in a 9 bed SICU. We now have a policy that when a patient meets certain criteria, an RN must accompany the patient to the procedure, and remain with them if the procedure takes longer than 15min. This complicates things when you have other patients to care for as well. Are there any other institution around the country that have this? If so how are you managing with it? I would like to see a copy of your policy. Is it working for you or against you? Thanks in advance for any replies. :-*.