Nurses General Nursing
Published Jan 28, 2009
fsaav
98 Posts
I just finished my first week of hospital clinicals and I'm just trying to get an idea of how things work. I spent most of the time asking a million questions trying to figure everything out and I know that's part of learning, but I just wondered if there was an easier way for me to learn without taking up all of the RN's time. Does each unit in a hospital have a manual that explains how things are handled, policies and procedures about different things, etc? In my textbooks a lot of things say something like "learn your facility's policy about..."
If these do exist what are they called and where would I look for it?
Thanks.
debthern
156 Posts
our hospital has all the manuals on the intranet it's under Policy and Procedures. Good luck
ayla2004, ASN, RN
782 Posts
ours has multiple long winded documents
NeoNurseTX, RN
1,803 Posts
policy and procedure manual and they can either be online or located at the nursing station.
all units should also have a msds manual and ..crash cart!