chris5720

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1. Difficulties in Patient Care and Identification

   chris5720 replied to chris5720's topic in General Nursing

   Here.I.Stand, as for my experience in patient care I've worked in process and systems engineering and development for multiple organizations. As for my knowledge and experience on a floor/unit level, I'm not very familiar with the general consensus a...

2. Difficulties in Patient Care and Identification

   chris5720 replied to chris5720's topic in General Nursing

   JKL33, thank you for clarifying. You are right, it is feasible but it is not preferred. It has been made clear to me that my institution is not trying to employ more nurses for shifts, if possible. Thus, the reason why I've gone in search of differen...

3. Difficulties in Patient Care and Identification

   chris5720 replied to chris5720's topic in General Nursing

   Here.I.Stand, with these precaution signs are they intuitive and secure? Is anybody able to change the precautions on the door? Is there any security measures to keep others from tampering with the precautions on the sign?

4. Difficulties in Patient Care and Identification

   chris5720 replied to chris5720's topic in General Nursing

   Here.I.Stand, it's not the identification that I believe is stressful. I agree that memorization such as room numbers is quite easy and common sense. However, with the added stress of a patient care environment, it can cause memorization to suffer fr...

5. Difficulties in Patient Care and Identification

   chris5720 replied to chris5720's topic in General Nursing

   JKL33, I completely understand your premise. I definitely agree that more employees on a shift would solve a lot of the issues we and many others face in the industry. However, from a business and management perspective, that is not a feasible soluti...

6. Difficulties in Patient Care and Identification

   chris5720 replied to chris5720's topic in General Nursing

   Flatline, not a marketer. I'm just trying to gather information from all ends to help the workflow at my employed location. I'm trying to see if my problem is an actual problem faced by others at other institutions. That way I can rank the need for t...

7. Difficulties in Patient Care and Identification

   chris5720 replied to chris5720's topic in General Nursing

   JKL33, thank you for your honest feedback. To elaborate on the project/problem I'm working on, I'm trying to lower the stress of our staff through easing their mind with visual cues and reminders. My goal is to implement new technology that makes it ...

8. Difficulties in Patient Care and Identification

   chris5720 replied to chris5720's topic in General Nursing

   Brownbook, thank you for your detailed response. My background is in management information systems and electrical engineering. I primarily work in healthcare systems engineering and process optimization. I have bachelor degrees in software, computer...

9. Difficulties in Patient Care and Identification

   chris5720 posted a topic in General Nursing

   As a nursing prospect and student, I was wondering what the common issues with identifying rooms and patients are in the workplace. From a psychological stand point humans are innate to missing cues in high stress situations. Stress causes anxiety w...