How To Be?

ceecel.dee, MSN, RN · Jun 12, 2007

I found that new nurses benefitted from spending a few hours with someone in other departments, from pharmacy to PT/OT to cardiac rehab to surgery to discharge planning (and others). This provides a good visual for them on the interconnectedness of departments and enhances their concept of flow of care.

They also spent a full shift with the ward clerk (very helpful for insight on the ebb and flow of the shift).

seagull · Jun 13, 2007

I found that new nurses benefitted from spending a few hours with someone in other departments, from pharmacy to PT/OT to cardiac rehab to surgery to discharge planning (and others). This provides a good visual for them on the interconnectedness of departments and enhances their concept of flow of care.
They also spent a full shift with the ward clerk (very helpful for insight on the ebb and flow of the shift).

Thank you very much for your advise. I started putting your advise in the schedules I prepared for the orientation of our newly hired nurses. My superiors actually think that indeed this will really be interactive for them. Again thank you very much.:kiss