How much scut is there at Bellevue?
During any residency program “scut” is part of the job. At NYU, the VA and at Bellevue, specifically, the housestaff administration has been working closely with the hospital administration to minimize any unnecessary ancillary work. -At Bellevue we now have greater than 95% completion rate of morning phlebotomy and housestaff officers are paged by a phlebotomist when the labs have not been drawn. -Phlebotomy, I.V. services, blood culture teams and transport are available 24 hours/day, 7 days/week. -Nurses accompany unstable patients to radiology -There is a functional pneumatic tube system to send specimens to the lab -Nurses (LPNs) are trained to place PICC lines at the bedside -PACS are in place for radiology retrieval at all 3 hospitals.
