July 1st is just around the corner... Med students become residents

[Brian, ASN, RN]

We all cringe as we inch towards July 1st. It's the day med students become residents, residents become chief residents and nurses become even more vigilant. Many of us warn our families; don't get sick in July. It's the month of the new doctors. What tips do you use to anticipate orders during July?

[amoLucia]

Your post title is misleading. I was thinking "oh good. Christmas in July starts now". QVC is starting already!

July is also the start of the new fiscal year for some places - more new opportunities to see how we all can do more with less!

[K+MgSO4, BSN]

Our fear is January ........ med students become doctors, nursing students become nurses (we don't do looooong orientations in Australia), surgical registrars rotate hospitals and get cranky at P&P.

July is winter - ski season, Christmas in July esp. for the northern hemisphere ex pats. July is the new financial year - we have heard about "doing more with less".

[NotMyProblem MSN, ASN, BSN, MSN, LPN, RN]

I never knew this! But that explains why it is on certain days, EVERY patient we admit will have the EXACT SAME admission orders, from the antibiotics to the stool softeners...as if they don't know that some antibiotics softens the stool more than we care to mention. If the mission is accomplished on rounds, we can always expect the next set of orders: stool for occult blood, O&P, and c-diff! Word to the wise (or the still-learning): if you give it, it will come!