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1. Please help with Time management techniques

   cornelia replied to cornelia's topic in Safety

   Thank you all for the encouragement and great ideas. I have made up an hourly schedule of the activities I need to get done by certain times. e.g. All vitals need to be documented by 12am, New orders picked up by 2AM, Labs done , 24hour report by 5AM...

2. Please help with Time management techniques

   cornelia replied to cornelia's topic in Safety

   Thank you for your helpful suggestions, I appreciate you taking the time to respond.

3. Please help with Time management techniques

   cornelia posted a topic in Safety

   I really have to take my hats off to the great nurses in the LTC area, how do you do it all? I am a new RN, this is my first month on the job after 5 days of orientation, I am the charge nurse on nights with 3 sometimes 4 CNAs and 40 residents. The n...

4. Please help with Time management techniques

   cornelia posted a topic in Safety

   I really have to take my hats off to the great nurses in the LTC area, how do you do it all? I am a new RN, this is my first month on the job after 5 days of orientation, I am the charge nurse on nights with 3 sometimes 4 CNAs and 40 residents. The n...

5. Preventing infection in intermittent straight self-cath.

   cornelia replied to cornelia's topic in Safety

   Thanks for the advice. The resident uses a new cath. every time and they are the clear ones. I did manage to leave a measuring tape as a guide for him to use. The past few times seem to be more successful. :)

6. Preventing infection in intermittent straight self-cath.

   cornelia posted a topic in Safety

   I work in a LTC facility this is my first job and I'm still building confidence and growing skills. I have a resident who does intermittent straight cath. on himself during the night, he is 75 yrs old. His technique is acceptable, he has been doing i...