I'm first year...hey I'm on the right thread! I don't read a lot here (sorry no time) so this might not be a novel input.
I have been trying to organize myself on the floor during clinical and have been able to observe a number of nurses. I want to be calm and have info ready for the charge nurse, the changing of the guard, docs and family. Having that ready is difficult when your being pulled in so may directions.
I have observed that many older nurses are intuitive to prioritize intervention and information. In particular, one nurse just remembered out of the blue something she had read that morning. She wrote it down but I don't think she looked at her "paper brain" all day.
Anyways, the best I've seen for us newbees was a nurse who used a full sheet per person (two pts per page). They wrote down labs, prn on the margin, and of course had a time table. It was a little difficult to 'put it all together' for coordinated care compared to a single time table but the the sheet was something to draw more detailed care when assessing images, labs, etc.
I have been trying to organize myself on the floor during clinical and have been able to observe a number of nurses. I want to be calm and have info ready for the charge nurse, the changing of the guard, docs and family. Having that ready is difficult when your being pulled in so may directions. 
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