EmeraldMom76

In my facility it depends on which shift you are on. Dayshift has a treatment nurse. So they are mainly responsible for med passes. Usually the DON or ADON handles the calls to the Drs, most communication is through notes. (Our facility is attached to the hospital and clinic, so doctors are on site during dayshift hours) NOC shift has to do med pass, treatments & rounds with their aide at 10, 12, 2 & 4, plus med change once a week, paper change at the end of the month, and some other miscellaneous "chores" - like cleaning the med carts & treatment carts, cleaning the fridges, changing tubing on concentrators etc. So - dayshift does a lot less aide-type work, at night we pitch in and do it together.

We have a report sheet for each hall and we tape our report. We include med changes, blood sugars, who's on ABX, falls, skin tears, bruises etc, PRN's given, behavior issues. Usually it goes pretty quick. We don't give a detailed report on each person unless we know the oncoming nurse has been away for a while.

I agree with Jen - it's great to show your personality. I do that with my eyeshadow. I have about 3,547,935 shades and I make it fun to match my scrubs. (Nothing garish or freaky, just fun) I also try to find fun scrunchies and such to dress up my hair. I think quirky ways of showing your personality is perfectly acceptable as long as you can do it and still look professional.

I iron my scrubs, and make sure my hair is neatly pulled back. It just looks more professional and I think people are more likely to think you know what you are doing if you look well put together, yanno?

I am an RN in LTC. I work NOCs in Broken Bow. I just graduated and passed my NCLEX in May, but I have been at the facility since 2002 as a CNA & MA.