our hospital recently implemented hourly rounding. but before that we have to go through a one on one teaching session with our manager so we can go through a script on how we will address our patient every time we make rounds (a script...sounds like a play!)
"is there anything else i can do for you? i have time."- this should be the exact words we are required to use before we leave patients room.
(i could bring a recorder with me and play it everytime i check on my patient...hehe! ) of course, our patient are expected to be informed of this hourly rounding. and if we don't show up in their rooms or missed the due time for rounding..patient and family can write us up and complain.
take note , we are to document this rounding in a piece of paper. if not our attention will be called for not documenting it. so my guess would be unrealistic documentation. why? most of the time you can be stuck in one patient for 45 mins to an hour esp when you have a needy patient. and they rarely provide us with nurse aide or techs.
(can i just clone myself..! maybe clone a secretary so somebody can enter doctor's order while i do my hourly rounding).
well the reason for this because they want a high score on patient satisfaction..oh yes to be recognize!
how about nurses satisfaction? nah..they don't care!
