I am looking for an outline of how you organize your day, with times specifically, and particularly if you work in a hospital -- med/surg setting. I am new grad nurse and I want to get an idea of how you organize your day effectively.
For example, here is my current routine:
7am: Nurses pick patients and assignments
7:15am: Look up patient's information in charts and recieve report. Decide who to see first based on acuity or needs such as insulin/other high priority medications
7:45am: Pull patient A's meds, take patient A's vitals, assess Patient A
8:05am: Pull patient B's meds, take patient B's vitals, assess Patient B
and so on and so on.
However, I end up getting interrupted by phone calls, new orders, changes in patient's conditions, and other things. I remember in nursing school that we learned we should at least lay eyes on all of our patients during the first hour of our shift. I also learned it is good practice to assess a patient before giving medications. I will peak in on people I haven't gotten to see. But it makes me nervous when I get behind, and I don't know how I can pass 8am medications on four patients all within a 30 minute timeframe
