zoebaily

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1. mandatory designated quiet time

   zoebaily posted a topic in General Nursing

   My hospital was so successful at promoting 24/7 visiting in ICU, that they now started having a mandatory "quiet time"; because there are visitors at all times of day and night. Quiet time starts at 12:30 pm which is lunch time for patients. They wan...

2. suicide of RN

   zoebaily replied to kiabmok's topic in Washington

   How sad. I've been an RN for 25 years and live in fear of making an error that might harm a patient. Yet our hospital is continually decreasing the level of staffing, requiring nurses to do more, take on added responsibilities/roles, (some that take ...

3. open visitation/ 24/7

   zoebaily replied to kalamazoo's topic in NICU

   "Do you have a paper clip?" Sure! Just let me stop giving report to the oncoming nurse, so I can go find a paperclip for you (visitor). No problem there. People use your brains.

4. Family visitation in ICU

   zoebaily replied to bfjworr's topic in MICU

   Many units that promote 24/7 open visitation are not truely 24/7 or "open". Many have certain restrictions,like no visitors during change of shift, or no sleeping in room at night or just 2 visitors at a time. Try true unrestricted open 24/7 visitat...

5. Visiting hours and quality of care: an unscientific study

   zoebaily replied to 86toronado's topic in General Nursing

   My hospital's ICUs have some single rooms-mostly used as isolation rooms. So most of the rooms are double rooms. These rooms are small and were not designed for large sleeper-chairs or to store a large collection of visitors' belongings. Family sleep...

6. Anything Good About Bedside Report?

   zoebaily replied to rntg's topic in General Nursing

   The positive thing is ...you are doing "Joint Commission-centered care".