IrisT

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1. cpr requirements???

   IrisT replied to jama's topic in General Nursing

   I am an Instructor Trainer for the American Heart Association. The JCAHO standards state that all staff in contact with patients are required to "have CPR training.' If your training is with the AHA, an expired status means that you have to attend a ...

2. chloral hydrate

   IrisT replied to wen51's topic in Emergency

   Our facility developed a Pediatric Procedural sedation policy last year. The wording is any agent, by any route used during an invasive, manipulative, and constraining procedure to control behavior is considered procedural or conscious sedation. By t...

3. NEW AHA CPR PROTOCOL

   IrisT replied to SuburbanER's topic in Emergency

   As an Instructor Trainer forBLS, I was shocked as well by changes to HS programs. At the update, the presentation, Making Sense of the Scoience reviewed all of the studies done that proved individuals at the HS level were unable to: 1. Assess pulse b...

4. Drug errors

   IrisT replied to chrisgidney's topic in Safety

   The only thing nurses learn from punishment is to avoid reporting errors in the future. Because of the punitive systems in effect in some hospitals, not only does the nurse in question avoid reporting, so do all of her co-workers. The systems approac...