Typical Clinical Day/Time Management

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I have a huge issue with time management. So, I was wondering what everyone does on a typical clinical day? I guess the things we were told to do prior to hitting the floor would be to research the drugs I would be giving for the day and research my patients diagnosis to understand how to care for them. After going on to the floor, I would wash my hands, check my physician orders to my orders that were printed from the computer, greet my patient, give their bath, do assessment and nursing history, etc... Would this be the right sequence or should I switch it up? Are there any other things I should do to prepare? Of course the worst times for me are bathing and doing the nursing history. I literally wore my patient out on the last day of clinicals last quarter because I was in there most of the morning and a little into the afternoon. Imagine if I had more than 1 patient! What a nightmare. Please help. :confused:

Specializes in Endo.

Great reply Kalevra! Thanks for your time!

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are u Lpn or Rn

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Specializes in Endo.

Im in the RN program

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