The ONE thing that will make your nursing life easier

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Hi everyone,

This is a broad question to all of us:

What is that ONE thing that will make your nursing life easier?

This could mean many things like:

- Is there something you wish you discovered earlier in your career that would have made nursing easier?

- Is there something you wish existed that will make nursing easier?

- Is there something that you'd like to eliminate? eg. pain points

Specializes in ICU, trauma.
1. More nursing assistants scheduled per shift, have them start 1 hour earlier than the nurses and allow them to do more tasks to give the nurses more time to be nurses!! That is how it was when I was a nursing assistant a few years ago at a different facility.

2. Less charting for sure!!

My hospital recently implemented this policy. CNA's now come in at 6 instead of 7. Also has decreased falls tremendously!

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Hi everyone,

This is a broad question to all of us:

What is that ONE thing that will make your nursing life easier?

This could mean many things like:

- Is there something you wish you discovered earlier in your career that would have made nursing easier?

- Is there something you wish existed that will make nursing easier?

- Is there something that you'd like to eliminate? eg. pain points

I am experiencing a pain point right now!

SAFE STAFFING RATIOS will make the nurse's life easier.

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Knowing that the little babies need my help... and the free goober kisses! 😄

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Better scheduling and handling of holidays & weekends for work/life balance

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Management will never get a clue when the shadow. As they CANNOT perform the staff nurses's duties.

Actually had a CEO of nursing try this. She wore sneakers.. with her power suit.:roflmao:

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That's hard to just pick ONE thing because there are several, but something is better than nothing. And any ONE change can make a huge difference.

1) Having equipment that functions properly. So much time is wasted when you have to hunt for equipment on other floors/departments.

or

2) Continuing with equipment, having sufficient at hand. (IV poles/pumps, pillows, scd machine etc.)

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3) Everyone doing their job and helping each other when they have time to spare.

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4) Not getting report for transfers/admission between 6:45 - 7am or pm. This is shift change people. We are still getting report for how many other patients we have assigned. Also this is the most chaotic times, patient falls are highest during this time.

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5) Adequate staffing

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Can't believe some ppl have wrote, health care assistants to come in one hour before nurses to do there job so nurses get left alone, on my ward respect is the must, no matter wot grade u may be, team effort all the way, the wards wudnt & cudnt run without our hpas, get a grip the sad few who commented abt this - disgusted!!!!

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Them trainees the kids wear with flashing lights an skates on - cud glide round them wards lol

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Senior Management spending a week working shifts on the ward so that they actually understand what 'being a nurse' means

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Specializes in ICU, Postpartum, Onc, PACU.
Hi everyone,

This is a broad question to all of us:

What is that ONE thing that will make your nursing life easier?

This could mean many things like:

- Is there something you wish you discovered earlier in your career that would have made nursing easier?

- Is there something you wish existed that will make nursing easier?

- Is there something that you'd like to eliminate? eg. pain points

I wish I'd paid more attention in school because that would've helped me a lot in my first year of nursing.

I also wish I could get a staff job. THAT would make nursing easier:yes:

Lastly, I would also wish for patients who don't need to be in ICU to get out when they get downgraded, but I know why that's not always possible. I prefer intubated/sedated patients and not ones acting like I'm there servant:rolleyes:

xo

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I'm a School Nurse- I'd like inclusion and respect from the school administrators and teachers- I don't need them to tell me what care to give, how to give it, when to call an ambulance, that I need their permission to call a parent, etc! That's what my registration enables me to do- Teachers are Teachers, not nurses, doctors, physios, OT's or Speechies the last time I looked.

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45 years plus and still holding a RN license, + 3 degrees later, so I will comment with one word: EDUCATION.

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