Northwest_RN_4

Northwest_RN_4 has 20 years experience and specializes in OCN certification.

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1. Angel Stories and Other Things

   Northwest_RN_4 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Just finished reading through most of the ghost story thread. Scary stuff!! How many of you have an Angel story to share? Let me tell you mine: Harry was in our unit receiving chemo for leukemia. He'd been through the induction phase and was waiting ...

2. Bedside/Face-to-Face Shift Report

   Northwest_RN_4 replied to Northwest_RN_4's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks again, my greatest concern is the time factor involved in having all nurses give their own report to the oncoming shift. My boss is sure this will be the perfect fix to report going over, but I still have doubts about the time factor being an...

3. Bedside/Face-to-Face Shift Report

   Northwest_RN_4 replied to Northwest_RN_4's topic in General Nursing

   :thankya: Thanks for the input! We currently do live reports in our report room. If anyone out there is doing report at the bedside how does it work for you? Does is save time? We have a 1/2 hour report now. How are nurses getting through a face...

4. Bedside/Face-to-Face Shift Report

   Northwest_RN_4 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been told to develop a method of bedside shift report for our 34 bed medical unit. If any of you work in a unit that does this, I would appreciate any advice you can give. What are some of the problems, time considerations, benefits? This swit...