I'm fine with the hourly rounding thing. Actually think it is a good idea and honestly has saved me from annoyance a few times from pts that had said I hadn't been in the room. All my manager had to do was look at the rounding sheet and see my initials and times I had been in the room.
What really is bugging me is how far the hospital has taken this. Every nurse in the hospital has been tested, with actual pts and management watching us. We have a script we have to follow and and have to hit every point... such as when introducing ourselves we have to "build ourselves up" ..."I have been a nurse for __ yrs, I am a certified tele nurse", etc and build up our co-workers or other departments... "Jane is your PCT today...she is excellent!" We also have to ask EVERY time if they need to use the washroom. No exceptions. Even if the pt is independent. The list goes on.
Mgmt is actually asking the pts if we are going through the whole stupid script everytime we go in the room, and we are getting written up if the pt says no. It takes about 5 min to go through it properly and that is if the pt doesn't ask for anything.
I really didn't need this to ensure I see my pts... I am sick of feeling like I am being baby-sat or that they don't trust us to do our freakin job. There are so many other things that mgmt need to spend their time on that could actually make some difference to their staff and pts. An Rn or PCT was already in each room hourly (at very least) without this craziness. They think it is going to cut down on call-lights, but fail to realize that most call-lights are from pts that are overly needy, confused or the few that are just plain jerks and like to make us run around. Mgmt also thinks this will raise our scores... and have gone overboard with this instead of fixing the actual problems.
I am sorry this is so long. I am just so annoyed with the stupidity of mgmt in the hospitals.
