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Stepdown ICU, icu stepdown, pcu, imu, imcu are all one and the same units. The Stepdown unit is the transition unit for most extubated patients and less critical ICU patients who don't need hourly monitoring anymore like in the icu but still need some sort of monitoring on the stepdown unit before being downgraded to medsurge. There are many specialty stepdown units like Cardiac, neuro which cover cardiac and stroke patients respectively. I hope my rambling answer your question. What other questions do u have for me and want me to make a video on?

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What other questions do you have for me and would want me to make a video to answer them?

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Welcome aboard! I have so many videos on how a typical night shift on the stepdown ICU unit looks like. here is a link to one of the videos. th-cam.com/video/taXXqatemfE/w-d-xo.html.

@Stephanieayi01 Yes, I have been binge watching them....

@@shanzi9009 thank you so much

The sad reality behind the curtains of healthcare that people don't see

Tell you what. Dayshift RN was put on the spot for not pushing hard enough or "educating patient on the need for constant vitals been taken".

Dayshift RN was new to the job, fresh from preceptorship and decided to go to another unit. I always tell new RNs ALWAYS ask questions no matter how much you feel others will think of you. I always ask questions till date if I'm unsure of what to do. There's plenty experienced RNs who still ask questions. Don't know where some people just Don't want their ego tampered with. Imagine a 15year-experienced RN asking me how to administer an enema thru the fecal management system(FMS) aka poop bag and I showed them. No one is above learning something new

Had to write ✍️ a beautiful explicit Nursing Note narrating the incident to make sure I covered myself.

@@Stephanieayi01 I'll have 10 years in November. I find myself asking one major question EVERY DAY; what was I thinking????? In second place is, "wait ... what was I doing?"

Love your point of view on the issue. I had AMA papers ready because pt already mentioned they had called family to come pick them up but I was wishing they would change their mind and stay too.

At the end of the day, it's still Patient's Rights that stand.

Will try to keep up with these kind of content. Pls like, subscribe and share to nursing students and new nurses out there

Imagine the number of bradycardia, increased oxygen needs and codes we call when patients are chill and sleeping. The number clean ups for patients getting ready for colonoscopy. The total dependence on the night staff when other staff and family have left for the night! The list is long!

Thanks my dear

Thank you. There's lots of similar videos on my channel. What unit do u work on?

Sorry I don't understand your question. Would you rephrase it so I can better understand?

@@Stephanieayi01I was trying to say is step down or telemetry better for a new grad nurse to start off?

I do agree with you 💯

Try again. The flu season is almost upon us and they're needing more hands here.

Thank you

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I'm glad this is enlightening

I'm glad you loved it and found it helpful. There's plenty more of such videos on my channel. Remember no 2shifts are the same, even if it's the same patients on the next day. Patient condition can easily change suddenly. I wish u all the best as you like, share and support my channel by subscribing.

Someone needs to ring the alarm

Yep!

Can't wait!

That's a good analogy of the fact! Well said

What has been your experience so far as a nurse? Please kindly share with others here. Thanks

@@Stephanieayi01 Some days I honestly question my career choice as a nurse but some other days really affirm that I am meant to be a nurse.

Thank you so much 😀

Thank u

I love Medscape

@@Stephanieayi01 Thank you very much

Hhhhmmmmm

Thank you so much for being nice and patient with me. Please share to all your friends for moral support

Am glad l found your videos. Thanks

So Glad it was helpful! Give yourself time to get the hang of so many things. I'm almost 4yrs into this career and even though I feel like I've learnt so much, there's still so much ahead of me to learn. You'll get through this. Just trust the process

Well, it depends what the patient is at the hospital for and what questions to ask during bedside shift change. For example, if patient is in for CHF, I like to ask during shift report if - they have edema - lung congested with cough - on Lasix - blood pressure with Lasix? - any breathing issues that need PRN breathing treatments? -If they have edema, what's the pitting? -If on Lasix, what's the potassium and Blood pressure like? How are they peeing? Indwelling foley catheter or external or urinal? How much urine are they putting out? -If congested, do they cough up and spit out, use oral Suctioning, what color is the sputum? How many liters of oxygen if any? -What's the blood pressure like with the lasix? I know what questions to ask, that will shorten my time spent reading notes.

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You are so welcome! I'm glad my videos are eye-opening and enlightening. There's plenty other videos on my channel and many still to be edited. All the best Stay stuned.

I hope so too! Thank you so much. What other questions or concerns would you want me to address in subsequent videos?

I can make a video on that but be mindful that not all hospitals use the same pump. I started at a hospital that uses the Alaris pump. My current hospital previously used a different small pump and now switched to this pump. Expect a video on this pump soon!

What other video contents would u like to see or what other questions do u have for me?

You do duty vlog :D

U couldn't have said it any better!

So nice of you

Thanks

Comes with the territory

Glad you enjoyed it!

so true

Totally agree with u!

some hospital equipments look scary

I totally agree with you! Plus in my hospital, you scan the IV meds and scan the pump and it automatically inputs the rates as ordered and syncs to EPIC too! It was definitely a moment getting use to at first but then, here we are loving it

I'm glad you're enjoying and appreciating the effort. I feel its one thing to just talk about it and a different thing to actually see the equipments even if not when used on the patient due to HIPPA. It makes a whole lot of difference

I'm glad it's helping you out. Please stay tuned

Thank you so much. I try to share the knowledge I have with the techs and new nurses. It makes me learn and even remember more 🫡

Now I Know!

It truly was!

Will do in subsequent videos in the future. Thank u for stopping and enjoying my videos

I love my job. I honestly do, but don't get me wrong, some days, some patients just drive u to the wall. Best decision everrrrr! Thank you for stopping by

HIPPA violation is a big thing! I can't show most of the equipments because I risk exposing patients and sometimes I can't show how to use the equipments without actually needing it because they go to waste after that, so please bear with me. I'm going way beyond sometimes in what I show my audience but I have to sometimes run it by another nurse to see if I missed something that exposes a patient. I'll do my best to show the medications 💊 but not so much how to use some of the equipments. Sorry 😞