Tip of the Week

The Friday Flyer 2.28.2020: Spring Forward, March is Sleep Promotion Month, Safe Patient Handling: Multi Strap, Upcoming 2020 Winter/Spring Classes

Friday Fun Facts 1.31.2020: Service Milestone Celebrations, Optison, Flexiseal Reminders/Discussions, Tube Feed Assessment Pilot, CNS Corner

Friday Fun Facts 1.3.2020: Welcome to 2020, Cryprecipitate & APeX Documentation, Time of Death=Time of Discharge, Nursing Handoff, We Want Your Scrubs, Upcoming 2020 Winter Classes

Friday Fun Facts 12.20.2019: Holiday Gift Card Winner, Transfer Center Intake, Pupillometer Refresher: Usage & Location Change, Social Work Resources, Incident Reports, Happy Holidays!

Friday Fun Facts 12.06.2019: Charting/Reviewing Patient Meds on a MAR Auto Hold, Tube Feed Wastage, Safe Patient Handling Slings: Recycle/Reduce/Reuse, Upcoming 2020 Winter Classes

Friday Fun Facts 11.22.2019: 2020 Transplant Symposium, Medication Label Updates, Pyxis Update- 'Too Close' Warning, New Product: Compostable Belongings Bags, New Product Reminder: Push Button Vacutainers, Holiday Gift Card- Final Reminder

Friday Fun Facts 11.08.2019: Philips Monitor Transport Update, 2019 Annual Review, What About These Modules?, QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus

Friday Fun Facts 10.25.2019: Time Change, Voalte Phones and Rehab, Philips Monitors: Discharging a Patient and X3 Batteries, FFP Workflow, Holiday Gift Card, Upcoming Fall Classes

Friday Fun Facts 10.11.2019: Philips Monitors (Patient Profiles, Defaulting Alarms, Transports), Pyxis Paper Roll, Hand Hygiene, Emergency ABG Workflow

Friday Fun Facts 9.27.2019: COWS, Jury Duty, New Unit Product, Organ Donation, Flu Shots

Friday Fun Facts 9.13.2019: Baker Beach Cleanup, Lab Workflow & The Worklist, Hangry Bar Update, Bedside EKGs, Upcoming Fall Classes

Friday Fun Facts 8.30.2019:  Holiday Gift Card, Pupillometer/Doppler Location Change, Sonosite, Alaris Pump Cleaning, Glucometer Quality Control 'Friendly Reminders,' Rotoprone and Manual Proning- Final Reminder

Friday Fun Facts 8.16.2019:  OCRN, Alaris Pump Friendly Reminders, Philips Monitors- EtCO2 Monitoring, ICU to OR Transport, Drug Shortages

Friday Fun Facts 8.2.2019: Workplace Violence, Bariatric Equipment, Email Requests, Diabestes Resource, Available Upcoming Classes

Friday Fun Facts 7.12.2019: Philips Monitors, UCSF Health Uniforms, Envella Bed (SPH), Envella Bed (User Guide), Joy Lorenzana, Coming Soon- Proning

Friday Fun Facts 6.28.2019: Welcome Janice Elzinga, Pressure Ulcer Prevention, Disposable Wares, Upcoming Classes, Back to Basics

Friday Fun Facts 6.14.2019:  Philips Monitors, Introducing The Hangry Bar, Pyxis Medstation Tips, New Medline CHG Wipes, Wanted:  Diabetes Resource Educator, Coming Soon:  9/13 ICU Website

Friday Fun Facts 5.31.2019:  Scrub Donation, Paralytics and the Pyxis, Norepinephrine Storage, Incident Report Follow-ups

Friday Fun Facts 5.17.2019:  Congrats for the Community Volunteer Service Award, Hovermat Recycling, UCSF Fishbon Library, Pharmacy Dispense Queue and Accurate Mar Documentation, Dumbwaiters, Purge Your Pumps

Friday Fun Facts 5.3.2019:  Nurse's Week Celebration, Calorie Counts, Titratable Infusions, Titratable Infusions Practice Reminder, Pupillometers, Traptex,

Friday Fun Facts 4.19.2019:  Glucometer Quality Control, Procedural Sedation, Purge Your Pumps, Social Work Resources, How to Find Where Meds Will Be

Friday Fun Facts 4.5.2019:  COWPIE's (Charting On Wrong Patient In EMR), Restraints and Practice Reminder, Educational Leave Request, CCRN Review Webinar

Friday Fun Facts 3.23.19:  Intraosseus (IO) Vascular Access Devices and IO Practice Update, D50 Shortage, Blue Top Labs, Pediatric vs Adult Pads for Crash Carts

Friday Fun Facts 3.8.19:  CADD Pumps, Caspofungin, Certification Cards, Cyber Security, Controlled Substances

Tip of the Week 2.8.19:  Dilute Epi, Intubation Tray Location Update, New Bladder Scanner, Upcoming Classes

Tip of the Week 1.25.19:  Pacer Magnets, Zoll Battery Runtime Indicator, ICU Visitor Medical Emergencies, Specialty Bins:  Minnessota Tube, PA Line, EVD Insertion, Seizure Pads, Central Line Dressings:  Dying Is In The Drying

Tip of the Week 1.11.19:  Echo Techs for Stat Exams, Erector Spinae Plane (ESP) Block Catheters and Infusions, Pajunk Adapters, IV Clear, Site Scrub Updates

Friday Fun Facts 12.21.18:  Annual Performance Evaluations, Fentanyl Patch Wasting, Education Leave Hours, Transdermal Patches Controlled Substance Wasting

Friday Fun Facts 12.7.18:  Pediatric Zoll Pads, CAPD, Bedside Reference Book, CAUTI Trends, Arterial Lines and Waveforms Article

Friday Fun Facts 11.23.18:  MRI Screening Form Updates, ICU Delirium and Unit Champions, Extra Scrubs

Friday Fun Facts 11.9.18:  Flexi-Seal Fecal Management Device, Jury Summons, Alaris Pump Upgrades

Friday Fun Facts 10.12.18:  Mailboxes, Rotoprone Training, Voalte Phones, Flu Vaccine, Glucometer FAQ's, Patient Dignity Signs, ACLS/BLS Card Updates

Friday Fun Facts 9.28.18:  Bariatric Repositioning Sheet, 9/13 ICU Badge Buddy, Narcotic Wasting, Voalte Phones

Friday Fun Facts 9.14.18:  Post Fall Huddle Form, ICU Intrahospital Transport Worksheet, Central Line Dressing Removal Kits, ENFit Conversion

Friday Fun Facts 8.17.18:  IV Lock Boxes, PRN Blood Gas Orders, Back 2 Basics Class, Back 2 Basics (B2B) Shift Set-up Checklist

Friday Fun Facts 8.3.18:  Lab Re-Draw Orders, Minnesota Tube Kit Catcher's Mask

Friday Fun Facts 7.6.18:  New Palliative Care Pager Numbers, IV Tubing Labels, Ionized Calcium Specimen Labeling, Autopsy Permits

Friday Fun Facts 6.22.18:  Code Blue Lab Bags, Missing Med Barcodes, Workplace Violence, Adult Critical Care References,

Friday Fun Facts 5.18.18:  ACLS/BSL Cards, Check Specimen, R Series Zoll Defibrillator Updates, Strip T's

Friday Fun Facts 4.27.18:  Nurse's Week, Thanks/Recognition Program, Four-Point Restraints, Noise-Cancelling Headphones

Friday Fun Facts 4.13.18:  Annual Performance Eval Updates, Education Leave Requests, Pneumatic Tube System Policy and Hand Deliveries, Peripheral IV Procedure Update, Patient Sitters

Friday Fun Facts 3.30.18:  BRN RN Licensing Cards Go Green, Nectar Thick Juice in Pantries, Exparel

Friday Fun Facts 3.16.18:  CLOVER Study, Rapid Response Team and Code Blue IR's