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 Specializes in NICU, PACU, Pediatrics. Has 16 years experience. Jan 28, 2009 our hospital has all the manuals on the intranet it's under Policy and Procedures. Good luck
ayla2004, ASN, RN 782 Posts Has 5 years experience. Jan 29, 2009 ours has multiple long winded documents
NeoNurseTX, RN 1,803 Posts Specializes in NICU Level III. Jan 29, 2009 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!