TLC_RN_BSN

Does your facility utilize the StatView Pagers...or something similar?? They are pagers that the heart monitor alarms are sent to....each nurse has one. What is your opinion of them? How has your unit instituted them? We've had them over a year. We do not like them. They eliminated our monitor tech at the monitors...and now all alarms, get sent to our statview. They've become such a nuisance...many nurses don't pay attention to it after awhile. We have NO Bedside monitors. Carry 4-7 patients...typical 5-6 on days, 6-7 on nights. Lots of artifact comes through...and lots of false V-tach. If we get a V-tach come through, we go check the patient, but have no clue if he is still in V-tach when we get there, because no one is at the monitor, and the statview only gives a glimpse of the alarm...no real time rhythm tracking. Thanks in advance for your opinions. TLC

Here it is: MB/CPK=......X 100= R.I.(Relative Index aka ratio) Our positive ratio is >3.5 HTH, Tara