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how does your place of work prevent patient falls? currently right now we use yellow id bands, yellow socks, bed alarms and sitters sometimes. but we still have falls, anyone have good suggestions that I may use so I can take them to my manager to implement. Thanks

9mos and it was hell! I don't know how I did it.

how I organize my day, is of course you need your brain, our worksheets are custom; and I use every single column in it. Its important to remember that u have to use it, and decipline yourself to use it, or else you wont and then end you'll end up missing on stuff that must be followed up on. I staple all my brains together and for the first page I use a regular clean sheet of paper and make 6 columns with my room numbers listed on each box (i figured this is good because if you leave it anywhere you won't be directly violating hippa since your sheets are covered) but I also use this sheet for putting my new orders that are received and tasks that I have to do when I go into the room the next time. Its all about multitasking-if you can master that-u can do anything in this job. good luck

I currently work on a med/surg unit with tons of CHF patients. We have a pre-order set in our charting system (power chart) that puts orders in for us. In these orders they are: Weight daily 6AM, Strict I/O, low sodium diet, elevate bil lower extremities PRN, if weight gain overnight of 2-3lbs or 5lbs in one week notify physician immediately. Also included when the patient gets to the unit is a CHF packet, explaining in simpler terms what they have and what to look out for ie, symptoms to notify there doctor once they go home; and what they need to do in order to prevent CHF exac. In the rooms we post a weight daily sign, and strict I/O, also on there chart we have I/O sheet for n/a's and nursing to document I/O. So far we have very successful on our unit. I hope this helps.

For my first nursing job I landed in the hospital I went to a job conference with the company that I was interested with. I'm glad I did it because I got to interview my potential boss and ask questions not only to see if I was a good fit, but also if they would be a good match for me too. I highly recommend doing this; i think it creates a different atmosphere and makes the interview process easier. good luck