Published Oct 28, 2012
StudentOfHealing
612 Posts
If you look at my previous post you'll notice I had schedule difficulties and I believe they have been solved. My psych professor will allow me to miss her lecture and attend her Wednesday lecture so I can leave at 10 from my 830-950 class. Takes about 25 mins to get to the hospital now its 1030 ... Do you think info gathering will take me all the way to 1230?? That would be stretching it because I have class at 1300. I'm hoping its about an hour and half not a full two hours.
My alternative is going at 5pm and that sounds awful! During shift Change? And 5pm traffic?
About how long did it take yall?
& is 1030 a bad time to show up? It MUST be.better than 5pm
kaydensmom01
475 Posts
It really depends on numerous factors. It depends what semester you are (I am faster now than my previous), it depends on charting (if paper charting doctors and nurses may need), it depends on how many patients that you have and how in depth the instructor wants you to know the information. It often takes me 2+ hours to get mine. We have to go back from the beginning of the patient admission and look at trends. I have patients with tons of labs that we have to hand write out. We don't get to copy or print anything. Other of my classmates get in there withing 1.5 hours though. Yes 1030 is a good time. I go at 1p,and when I get home I do spend at least 5 hours learning my meds, doing my plan of care and brushing up on things that may be needed for the day.
Bouncyball
166 Posts
How many pts do you have to pick? How much information do you have to collect? I have 4 pts and it takes me between 30-45 minutes per pt. In the beginning it used to take m about a hour and a half per pt but I am much faster now. I have to copy the MAR (hand copy, we can't photo copy anything), get their current diagnosis, all past diagnosis and co morbities, all lab tests, all diagnostic procedures performed, and read through the ER and doctor notes.
Katie71275
947 Posts
Is this your first semester of nursing school? In my first quarter, it took about 1.5-2hours....As I got better at it, went to about 45mins-1hr...Now it's about 30mins as I know where to find everything...Of course it can depend if the docs are doing rounds at that time or going through charts. I would call the unit you plan to be on and ask if that's an OK time for you to go.
Good luck!
We are too choose one patient. We need: Medical Diagnosis. Medications. Labs. Medical History and Social & Family history if any available and I based off the data sheet, the last two sets of vitals.
turnforthenurse, MSN, NP
3,364 Posts
It usually took me about an hour/hour and a half to gather my information. There are different factors, though, such as a missing chart (RN/LPN or MD may have it) if the facility still utilizes paper charting.
One of my clinicals was a 40 minute commute and we weren't allowed to go until AFTER 5pm. Gathering the information generally wasn't a problem, but the traffic was a pain and the things I had to do after coming back home (looking up all of those meds, lab values, creating a care plan, etc) so many times I spent 4+ hours trying to get my prep work completed.
Well turns out its all going to work out.
I have total of 8 clinical days.
1. One was orientation at the school.
2. Orientation at the hospital. (no cp period)
3. Buddy Day (No cp to pick up day b4 we just pick up the info from that clinical day)
4. Instead of a 1pm lecture, we have a skills check off that we all go to @ 11:30 so we (my clin buddies) leave after that to get info.
5. I have PACU (no pt pick up day before) 6. yes I do have pt info to pick (only day to plan for since I DO have to go day b4)
7 (I have respiratory. no pt pick up day b4)
8. (final exam @ school).
wooooo!