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Sometimes the interruptions get interrupted. Happens a lot. Everyone is trying to do their job and the aids are wanting to let you know about something. The family members may have questions. Someone fell. You name it, it all happens to us so much that when we aren't interrupted we may think that something isn't right about the shift.
I remember a while back there was a flurry of discussion about "nurses interrupted during med pass make more errors", studies (lots of them!) show.
It disturbs me that in today's society, if you are trying to land an airplane or keep things from crashing into other things, there is a strict policy against interruptions and distractions, but nurses are expected to just deal.
I would qualify that for an emergency situation, with description of what exactly is an emergency.
fissileflower
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The other day i was written up because i left the keys in the lock on the nurses cart because i had to stop doing what i was doing to help someone, it then struck up a thought: How often does a nurse get interruted during a shift. I started counting the seconds, on average that i got interruted and it came up to every 37 seconds/min. Can anyone else relate or is it just me.