How is it possible to be in 5 places at the same time?

[SuesquatchRN]

We get out of report at 0730. Diabetics patients need finger sticks and coverage. People on Prevacid and Prilosec et al get those. Four patients. VS and initial assessments are supposed to be done by 0800, when the docs show up. Labs are to be checked before 0800 meds.

If I hear another person utter the tired phrase "time management" i'm going to scream.

How is this done?

[Indy, LPN, LVN]

I'm on nights and I don't often volunteer extra work for my shift. However, my tele job had some things going that the OP's night shift could take note of.

1- nights did the AM blood sugar checks. Not the coverage, just the check, so you know how much insulin you're going to need with breakfast.

2- nights did the 7 am meds such as prevacid and prilosec. There were a few others routinely done at 0700, like synthroid. At 0600 I'd grab the glucometer and the prevacids and my MAR's and run to each of mine's rooms, doing fingersticks and handing out their AM meds. If I was feeling really froggy there's a chance I could have my closing note done on 'em (paper charting) before I left the room.

3- report ideally should include the am lab results. If they are not available, so be it, but labs are drawn in the 5-6 am range in order to have the darn things ready for dayshift, not just to wake people up.

No I don't suggest that you walk in and demand those things all at once. But the bug could be put in the right people's ear, for sure.