Nursing Subjects

classicdame, MSN, EdD · Sep 18, 2007

I would start with the business plan for your facility. Are there any nursing goals? Then consider governing bodies. What do they look for and do you have any deficits in those areas (med errors, falls). Next, check out Internet for "hot topics", like sound-alike, look-alike drugs. There is usually something in the news that is health related, like obesity in children leading to diabetes. Last, but not least, ask the nurses what they feel they need. You might have to do a series of things on some topics. Any new procedures? New drugs on your formulary? Ask risk management for input. I try to give what they need, rather than what they want. Then the challenge is to make them think it was what they wanted all along.

FUNNYGIRLRN · Sep 18, 2007

Maybe you could go over how to use the types of equipment on your floor that may not get used often such as; different lifts, scales, polar packs, cooling blankets, etc. I am a new nurse and I think that would be helpful to me. There are certain pieces of equipment that I may only use every couple of months so I am not confident using it when I have to.