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- Florence Nightingale

 

 

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Get With The Guidelines Stroke Award

 

Recognized by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy for promoting quality in endoscopy
Recognized by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy for promoting quality in endoscopy

Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU)

CVICU Clinical REWARDS Recipient for 2008
April Guindon
Susy Mathai
Rebecca Sumner

CVICU Clinical REWARDS Recipient for 2009
Carol Parker

Location:

Swann 2

# Beds:

8

Unit Manager:

Tim Spoor, RN

Typical nurse to patient ratio:

1:1 first 12 hours post-op, then 1:1 or 1:2 (depending on the patient)

Typical pt diagnosis:

Post open heart surgeries (bypass, valve repair/replacement, redo’s), post thoracic surgery (ex: lung surg), carotid (endarderectomy), major vascular surgeries (AAA repair, aortic-bifem bypasses)

Common skills utilized:

ACLS/BLS, vent, balloon pump, CRRT, drips, typical critical care skills; Alaris IV pumps, Pyxis medication system

Most common meds / those nurses must be familiar with:

All emergency meds (ACLS), typical ICU meds

Nursing Staff:

All RN Staff

Care extenders used:

No. Occasional Nurse Tech to assist.

Selling points for Unit:

Great people to work with! Highly skilled staff. CV anesthesiologist is also CV Intensivist.

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