Hello- I am a PT at a small, rural hospital working on implementing a safe patient handling program. Right now our facility has a pretty good culture of safety for both patients and staff but I want to improve the day to day safety for our nursing st...
I scrolled down and was glad to see anatomy coloring books! Very helpful to me as a visual learner,too. Can't recommend them enough. Taking the time to understand WHY things are named what they are can be useful. For example if you know obliquus mean...
Boy- it does sound like increased staffing would really help in your situation Some of the things that lowered falls at our facility were : EVERYONE on staff asks "is there anything I can do for you before I leave". This could be anything from repos...
Thank you for your reply. Our facility has been considering a transition to EPIC and I did like the ease of transfer of information from the ancillary notes to the nursing side. It is my impression that the nursing care plan on the electronic record...
Hello- I am the lead inpatient PT at a small CAH. Our patients are primarily med/surg and swing bed patients. I have been looking online for resources regarding interdisciplinary care planning, best practices for hand off communication between discip...