PIPD Update Jan 3, 2025

 CNE Updates 

🎉 Happy New Year! 🎉

We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and are ready for 2025!

Amoxicillin/Clavulanate - We have updated the cheat sheet for Amox/Clav calculation. We hope this simplified version makes it easier for you. It has been added to the Red IV Binder in each med room. You can always find it on the S-Drive 🠚 Pediatrics- Acute Care 🠚 Q-Cards - nursing 🠚 AmoxicillinClavulanate 1000mg and 200mg sample calculation 

PTT & INR ordering - remember that when an order for a PTT is written, you need to req it as "APTT". If you do just "Prothrombin Time (PT) - INR" that is only an INR. We have had numerous re-pokes on children because a PTT was not drawn.

Chemotherapy drugs used for non-cancer treatment - If a patient has a chemotherapy drug, even for a non-cancer reason (CMV), it is still to be treated like a chemotherapy drug. A chemo certified RN must administer it, follows all safety checks like normal (2 chemo certified RNs double check med, PPE, handling drug, Equashield, and bodily fluids/waste). Please review policy: POLICY #1180 - SHR Chemotherapy Drugs for NON-Cancer Treatment - Administration and Precautions

Chemotherapy - Please leave chemotherapy in its transport bag. Do the safety checks with the drug in the bag, then take the bag to the patient's room. 

    Place the closed bag onto the black nursing table. 

    Open the bag, leaving the medication in the bag. 

    Put the female equashield onto your secondary tubing and spike the chemotherapy bag while it is laying flat on the black nursing table and still in the transport bag. 

    Once spiked, you may now remove the drug from the transport bag and hang onto the pole.

SHA Preceptor Education Monthly Draw - How to be entered into the draw:

• Complete a module of the Preceptor Education Program (PEP)

• If you completed the Preceptor Workshop offered by the schools                                   

• If you completed the International Educated Nurse workshop, this certificate can also be entered

• Complete the Preceptor Module Survey and upload your certification of completion for the module.

• Opens in new windosurvey and upload your certification of completion for the module

Monthly draws will start April 1, 2024 until March 31, 2025. If you completed any modules between March 1-31, 2024 they will still be entered.

More information on being a Preceptor for SHA can be found: SHA Learner Placement Unit