Coverage varies
some teams work two shifts some with three
for peripheral IV's
INS time and motion estimates 20 minutes
for an easy peripheral and 40 for a difficult peripheral with a mean of 30
minutes. That means an eight hour nurse can do 16 peripheral IV's in a
day. The majority range is three an hour with a mean of 24 peripheral IV's
with a skilled nurse in an eight hour day. I have seem the max with travel
time at 30-35 but that is booking it.
To get an estimate of FTE needs find out
how many peripheral IV's are purchased per year by the hospital
You may want to exclude those sent to ER,
OR, Labor and delivery, radiology as those are ancillary units you may not cover
with this team
If the facility is doing 20,000 peripheral
IV's per year you would take 20,000 /3 per hour = 6,667 hours of placement time
per year = 6,667 hours per year /52 weeks in a year = 128 nurse labor
hours per week or 3.2 FTE's are need to place the peripheral IV's without taking
into consideration vacation time. I would estimate one would need 4.0 full
time FTE's to place 20,000 PIV's per year
Hope that makes sense to you
good luck
kathy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Blough, Lauren
Sent: Mon 8/7/2006 2:50 PM
To: julie bryant; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: IV Team/PICC Team
Julie,
How many FTE's are they giving you to work with ? How
many beds is your facility?
Lauren Blough, RN, BS,
CRNI
Educator/Clinical Specialist
Venous Access Specialist Team
Florida Hospital
601 E. Rollins St
Orlando, FL
32803
PH: 407-303-5600 X 3811 or 4066
Beeper: 407-303-5599 #
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of julie bryant
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 3:44 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: IV Team/PICC Team
Ok, I am going to try to explain my situation to all in hopes of some
good feed back.
Once upon a time...Actually just a few years ago my facility had
a full IV team. 24/ 7 coverage. We started & restarted all
the PIV's and took care of all vascular access needs ie: ports, hickmans
& dialysis catheters.
We had started to do Some PICC's maybe 30 to 50 a
month. Not sure of all the politics involved, but the IV team was
taken away and we were to be just a PICC team. (which has grown greatly)
So of course the Team was down sized quite a bit, several people lost
their
positions and had to go to other depts.
So now the floor nurses who never had to start an IV were expected to start
IV's proficiently and cannulate ports and take care of things they had never
seen before.
Now, three years later, There are some problems. Imagine that!
So I have to come up with a way to cover the hospital with an IV team
without putting a full blown team back in place. (Main focus would be
PIV's.)
I was wondering how other teams work, such as hours and numbers of nurses
covering. Types of shifts and etc...
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you all so much!
Julie
Julie Bryant RN CRNI
Clinical Specialty Coordinator
PICC/Midline Dept.
St. Vincent's Medical Center
Jacksonville, Fl.
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