Entering All New Orders

Nurses Safety

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I would like to know how many nurses out there are having to enter orders on their patients? And if you do enter your own orders, what is your patient ratio? My hospital is trying to get rid of the need for a charge nurse and unit clerk. Help I am a new nurse and am terribly afraid this is going to take all my time. We are also suppose to do this with no training. Learn as you go sort of thing. Thanks.:uhoh3:

They just started this at our place last week. Our ratio at night is 8:1 and last night I got hammered with6 pages of new orders for a direct admit. How I do it is, I do all the meds and the labs for the a.m. and then as far as I am concerned I'm done. I dont care what the NM says I just dont have the time to hunt and peck my way thru all that crap. I told her that was all I was going to do and so did the rest of the night staff so if they dont like it thats just too bad....

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