My hospital was so successful at promoting 24/7 visiting in ICU, that they now started having a mandatory "quiet time"; because there are visitors at all times of day and night. Quiet time starts at...
How sad. I've been an RN for 25 years and live in fear of making an error that might harm a patient. Yet our hospital is continually decreasing the level of staffing, requiring nurses to do more, take...
"Do you have a paper clip?" Sure! Just let me stop giving report to the oncoming nurse, so I can go find a paperclip for you (visitor). No problem there. People use your
Many units that promote 24/7 open visitation are not truely 24/7 or "open". Many have certain restrictions,like no visitors during change of shift, or no sleeping in room at night or just 2 visitors...