PTvisitor

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1. Looking for your experience with safe patient handling programs

   PTvisitor posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello- I am a PT at a small, rural hospital working on implementing a safe patient handling program. Right now our facility has a pretty good culture of safety for both patients and staff but I want to improve the day to day safety for our nursing st...

2. I Need Advice on How to Study for Anatomy

   PTvisitor replied to gcerna20's topic in General Students

   I scrolled down and was glad to see anatomy coloring books! Very helpful to me as a visual learner,too. Can't recommend them enough. Taking the time to understand WHY things are named what they are can be useful. For example if you know obliquus mean...

3. inpatient falls in dementia pts

   PTvisitor replied to martymoose's topic in General Nursing

   Boy- it does sound like increased staffing would really help in your situation Some of the things that lowered falls at our facility were : EVERYONE on staff asks "is there anything I can do for you before I leave". This could be anything from repos...

4. Physical Therapist looking for nursing perspective on care plans, patient hand off etc

   PTvisitor replied to PTvisitor's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for your reply. Our facility has been considering a transition to EPIC and I did like the ease of transfer of information from the ancillary notes to the nursing side. It is my impression that the nursing care plan on the electronic record...

5. Physical Therapist looking for nursing perspective on care plans, patient hand off etc

   PTvisitor posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello- I am the lead inpatient PT at a small CAH. Our patients are primarily med/surg and swing bed patients. I have been looking online for resources regarding interdisciplinary care planning, best practices for hand off communication between discip...