PedsRNCVICU

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1. Central Line Access Kit

   PedsRNCVICU posted a topic in PICU

   Hi all, I am a nurse in a pediatric CVICU and am a member of our CLABSI prevention team. We have been testing various closed systems for line draws because we obviously have to access our lines constantly. We have used trifuses and a stopcock method ...

2. Berlin's and toddlers

   PedsRNCVICU replied to umcRN's topic in PICU

   Our VAD kids stay with us in the CICU, we won't send them to the stepdown so they are at most a 2:1 assignment. As far as dressing changes our current kids don't require sedation although if the risk is there that the child will infect the insertion...

3. does this sound extremely unsafe or is this typical??

   PedsRNCVICU replied to raindrop's topic in Cardiac

   We have 2 monitor techs at all times covering our ICU and step down unit. Its hit and miss as far as having a CA or unit sec but our CAs don't get to do much hands on with pts anyway

4. LVADS

   PedsRNCVICU replied to dbell198's topic in Cardiac

   We currently have three pts on our unit with LVADs, one Heartware and two Berlins. We had in-services from company reps and training with our unit educator then had skills validations as far as changing batteries, adjusting Hct, handling suction eve...