Treen
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What if the patient is DNR and not on monitors?
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Our facility doesn't have a written policy for monitoring of dopamine drips. What does your policy say in terms of frequency of VS, etc? Thanks!
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On 12 hr day shifts we get a two 15 min coffee breaks and two 30 min meal breaks. I always take my morning coffee break (need to get a breather from the insanity) and my lunch break (starving!!) but I will often forgo the afternoon coffee break so I can catch up on charting at a more leisurely pace. Usually I take 10-15 minutes of my supper break as I prefer to eat at home and the extra few minutes allow me to tie up all the loose ends so I don't have to stay late. On nights we get two 1 hr breaks. If it's busy we will take less. Note: On any given shift we will have 4 short stay observation patients, 3 pediatric patients and 14 medical patients to 1 RN and 1 LPN (mixed medical/pediatric unit)