We keep one of the outpatient infusion nurses competent in PICC placement and she covers when I am off and schedules another nurse in the outpatient department to cover for her.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Debra McPherson Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 8:35 AM To: Lauren Blough; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; julie bryant Subject: RE: IV Team/PICC Team with a ? tagged on WE are a 600 bed facility and have one full time PICC nurse m-f o800 to 1600. M_W_F we have a 20 hour position Monday & Friday 1200-1800 and Wed. 1300-1800. This fits our need right now when every one is present and accounted for. I have recently left my position as the coordinator of the service. I would only place PICC lines for Vacations, and sick calls. My past position remains vacant. I still get called to cover vacations and sick time because I am still under the same department as I was when coordinating the PICC service. How do others handle this when only a small group is skilled to do the procedure? Any ideas would be of help Debra McPherson, MSN Staff Development Specialist Center for Clinical & Professional Development Maine Medical Center Portland, Maine 207-662-2774 fax (207) 662-6113 >>> "julie bryant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/08/06 9:58 AM >>> We are approximately 500 beds. FTE's haven't even been discussed. I'm suppose to figure out how to do this with as few FTE's as possible. "Blough, Lauren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 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 # 1448 --------------------------------- 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. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2ยข/min or less.
