atomic_pedal

Thanks so much for your input! Group teaching sounds fantastic and I really wish that we could do something like that. It's certainly something to consider :)

Thanks for your reply, I've been trying to find good video's everywhere! (including youtube) I just haven't been able to find anything that really focuses on inpatient teaching I'm also thinking about making a thick laminated poster that can be put up and taken down that has all of the main goals for every open heart pt. Cardiac Rehab, Pain Mgt, IS. That way if it's put up in a CABG pt's room it is a constant reminder of what they should be doing and it helps the family stay involved and it gives the nurse something to point to and ask how they are doing that day. I would also like some pictures to show during our preop teaching of what a midsternal incision looks like directly post op and then healed, what a chest tube looks like, pacer wires, etc... all the things that are hard to explain. Any ideas? I can't find any good midsternal pics and my hospital wont allow pictures to be taken even with a pt's permission.

Wow, that's a really terrible thing to say Bluedevil My partner and I are both nurses and we are also caregivers for her grandfather. Code status was one of the first discussions we had with the entire family.

hello everyone :) i'm a charge nurse on a cv-pcu unit and am currently working on a project to improve our cabg teaching. i will be redoing our cabg video that will be on a channel that they can flip to (instead of an old vhs tape lol). i am thinking of beginning with an introduction by one of our cv surgeons and then follow through the process from the day/night before surgery all the way through outpt cardiac rehab. i want to show nurses from each area (tele, preop, icu, pcu, cardiac rehab) i have an employee who recently had a cabg that has agreed to be our "actor". not every section will be acted, ex. the cvor nurse will just be talking and telling what will happen the morning of surgery, where the family can wait and how and when they will be contacted. the icu nurse will be shown in the icu room talking about the experience of coming out of anesthesia and how she will assist with communication and a brief overview of the many tubes/lines etc. she will also talk about when the family can visit and general icu visitation rules. the acting will happen as the pt comes to pcu and i want to show our actor doing cardiac rehab (chest tube and all) and how to get up from the bed/chair (sternal precautions) and goals: is, pain mgt, wound care etc. also i want one of our cardiologist to discuss the percentage of patients that go into an irregular rhythm and how we manage this. finally i want to show outpt rehab with the nurse giving a brief description. i am looking for any suggestions for the video. what does your hospital use to help with cabg teaching?

Hello everyone :) I'm a charge nurse on a CV-PCU unit and am currently working on a project to improve our CABG teaching. I will be redoing our CABG video that will be on a channel that they can flip to (instead of an old VHS tape lol). I am thinking of beginning with an introduction by one of our CV surgeons and then follow through the process from the day/night before surgery all the way through outpt cardiac rehab. I want to show nurses from each area (Tele, PreOp, ICU, PCU, Cardiac Rehab) I have an employee who recently had a CABG that has agreed to be our "actor". Not every section will be acted, ex. the cvor nurse will just be talking and telling what will happen the morning of surgery, where the family can wait and how and when they will be contacted. The ICU nurse will be shown in the ICU room talking about the experience of coming out of anesthesia and how she will assist with communication and a brief overview of the many tubes/lines etc. She will also talk about when the family can visit and general ICU visitation rules. The acting will happen as the pt comes to pcu and I want to show our actor doing cardiac rehab (chest tube and all) and how to get up from the bed/chair (sternal precautions) and goals: IS, pain mgt, wound care etc. Also I want one of our Cardiologist to discuss the percentage of patients that go into an irregular rhythm and how we manage this. Finally I want to show outpt rehab with the nurse giving a brief description. I am looking for any suggestions for the video. What does your hospital use to help with CABG teaching?