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Said: Thank you for that advice! I will check those out. I was wondering about our RT caregivers as they manage their own devices and have always done the competencies themselves. They are awesome! 

Said: I see. I'm sorry for the space you find yourself. I think everyone who comes into a POC role, must suffer a little with "what was done in years past". My suggestion would be to get some delegates. The qualifying degrees and exp...

Said: I am a bit. Haha. We had been having nursing observe each other after initial competencies. In our OR and CATH we had one person that would do all the observations but in our NICU/PICU department, as long as they had 2 years of experien...

Said: Oh Ashley! You have got to be hyperventilating right now. A very important caveat to the new rule is grandfathering. If you have an RN that qualified under the previous rules AND were delegated (signed off) to be a TC (performi...

Said: If you have nursing personnel that were serving as technical consultants and performing direct observations as of December 28, 2024, they are grandfathered and can continue in that role as long as there is not a service interruption of ...