We used to also band the caregivers but have stopped doing this - I'm honestly not sure why we moved away from this practice. Currently we're only banding the patients. Our exception is if the patient is severely autistic and the wristband is distressing ...

This is our policy as well - but with the safety caveat that the dosings are only correct if the weight is entered correctly, so we do double checks on all weights being entered in our EMR and only weigh in kg. ------------------------------ Tara Doherty, ...

Our policy is heelsticks only for neonatal bilirubin levels, and fingersticks only for POC blood glucoses (any age). All other labs must be drawn from venipuncture. ------------------------------ Tara Doherty, MSN, RN, CPEN, TCRN Pediatric Emergency ...

Hi Elizabeth! I am in a pediatric emergency department in a dedicated children's hospital that is connected to our adult hospital counterpart. If patient visitors or random adults happen to require naloxone while in the emergency department, we register ...

Hi Gwyneth, this is our hospital's trauma activation criteria. We're a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center in a dedicated children's hospital connected to an adult hospital. We see patients up to age 19 years, 364 days in our department, but some patients ...