NCC_RN

Hello everyone, I am trying to find if there is a best practice related to neuro ICU nurses and patient coverage in neuro interventional radiology. What is your hospital's policy on the neuro ICU RN staying in neuro IR during angios or coilings (i.e. always, never, certain patients, only EVD's, etc)? If they stay in neuro IR for the duration of the procedure what is their role? Thanks for your input!

Hello everyone, I am trying to find if there is a best practice related to neuro ICU nurses and patient coverage in neuro interventional radiology. What is your hospital's policy on the neuro ICU RN staying in neuro IR during angios or coilings (i.e. always, never, certain patients, only patients with EVD's, etc)? If they stay in neuro IR for the duration of the procedure what is their role? Thanks for your input!

Hello fellow neuro nurses! I currently work in a very busy 32-bed neuro ICU. Our hospital system has adopted open visitation throughout the system in all units, including ours. While I understand the benefits of having family present (can calm patients, help keep them in bed, decrease PTSD symptoms in patients and themselves, participate in rounds, etc) we do not have any "guidelines". There is also no door on our unit so anyone and everyone can come in. These things together have led to some dangerous situations for the staff and patients. When it comes to visitors, per management each bedside nurse is to "own the room" and let visitors know what is best for their work day and the patients healing. While senior nurses have little problem limiting visitors, the newer nurses feel like they have nothing to fall back on since there are no rules. For example-The night nurse might want 2 visitor at a time and the day nurse fine with 5. This leads to confusion and anger with some families. What I'd like to know from people in other neuro ICUs is what are your visiting guidelines? limited hours or open? do you limit the number of visitors? age limit? phone calls? food/drink? is your unit locked? How do you let visitors know about these expectations?Any suggestions and information I can take back to my units shared governance would be helpful! Thank you