ICU nurses, what's your daily routine?

[singleye]

Any seasoned ICU nurse mind sharing your daily routine? I feel that I can barely keep up with the charting every day ( week13 orientation, 3 years small hospital med-surg step-down experiences). Anyone mind taking a look at my plan for the day and gives me some advices? appreciated!

7-7:30 getting report, bedside hand-offs.

7:30-8:00 head to toe assessment, may pass 8am meds too (already doing bedside hand-offs, might well do head to toe assessment too)

8:00-9:00 read Kardex, notes, labs, etc. chart the head to toe assessment.

9:00-10:00 pass meds for 9a, 10a.

10:00-11:00 morning rounds, turn pt, catch up

1100 assessment and chart for noon assessment.

1200 noon meds, turn pt, maybe lunch.

1300 meds for 1400, maybe lunch

1500 head to toe assessment for 4pm, meds, charting for 4pm.

1600 meds, bath pt.

1700 meds, get pt back in bed, etc.

1800 meds, prep for report, turn pt.

1900 report.

[Airekah]

I just finished orienting in day shift and am now headed to nocs for my last month. Your routine sounds EXACTLY like my day routine, plus or minus a road trip or two. I too am struggling with the charting aspect. We use Cerner í ¾í´® I have always charted in real time but I have had several nurses, and even my director, tell me they always charted their assessments, turns, restraints, etc on the rounded hour, mainly the even hour. So instead of my assessment being charted at like 0739, it's on a nice 0800. I also have a Kardex for each pt with boxes for each hour where I can write u/o when dumped but can't chart immediately and a list of all the q2h things to be charted on so I can cross them off. Hope this helps! í ½í±í ¼í¿»