JMBucka

Hi, I work in a PICU in St. Paul, MN. We are small unit with only ten beds, speciailizes in orthopedics, trauma, neurological disorders, neurosurgery, and other medical issues. Recently, a few of our anesthiologists have been ordering for patients to be on narcan drips for pruritis. These patients go to the floor post-operatively and then end up having to come to the ICU because of the narcan drip. We do not have a policy that supports narcan drips on the floor. What are other PEDS hospitals policies regarding narcan drips? Thanks!

Hi! I am a fairly new to my permanent night charge nurse role (6+ mos) in the PICU at my hospital. I recently attended a leadership conference with fellow charge nurses, nurse supervisors and nurse managers at my hospital. Our discussion led us to the importance of mentors on our nursing leadership journey. On that note, we came to the conclusion that our CHARGE NURSE orientation was not very thorough and left CN's feeling unsupported. Typically the orientation for an internal hire is 2 days shadowing a CN on a different shift and one shift with the nursing supervisor. I am wondering what other facilities have as their orientation for CN's. Do you have assigned mentors? Competencies? I would LOVE LOVE LOVE input! -RN from MPLS