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Specializes in Cardiac.

Hi.

I am a new nurse who just began working on the telemetry floor on my own in January:eek: . I have a brain that I have used to put my information on but it is not working the way that I would like. Can anyone give me some ideas on how to make a good information collecting sheet?

Thanks:heartbeat

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Specializes in RETIRED Cath Lab/Cardiology/Radiology.

Here's a link to one of many threads containing examples of flow sheets, information sheets, brain sheets, whatever you want to call them!

https://allnurses.com/forums/f30/looking-great-icu-flow-rns-organize-their-shift-165346-2.html#post1769660

You can do a search and perhaps find more.

Good luck! :)

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Here's my worksheet.

My worksheet.doc

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Specializes in Cardiac.

Thanks. I really appreciate it. Anything helps at this point.

Any tips on how to get more confident on this particular floor? Still a little scary.

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Specializes in Cardiac.

Thanks alot. I am sending you an email in just a few about your handbook.

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Specializes in Cardiac stepdown Unit & Pediatrics.

Here's my brain sheet

report_updated2.21.08.doc

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Specializes in Cardiac.

I like the places to check and the info on the bb and other meds... Thanks for the info.

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Specializes in Telemetry, CCU.

What I did was take a blank sheet of paper to work everyday for the first few weeks. I kept a few of those and made my "brain" paper. Its got plenty of room to write extra things. I think overall it depends on how you get organized and your particular routines for your floor; each hospital is a bit different. Another thing I do is print my MARs at the beginning of my shift and then I have my own system for charting on those meds, based on the MARs I print, so my brain paper doesn't have a place for meds, unless I am making notes on a prn.

patient care sheet.doc

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