any tips for organization of time

[regimite]

I am a postpartum nurse, we have plenty of tasks to complete, my problem seems to be , I forget to do a task at the right time. someone showed me a time line kind of paper to try, that looks good, I will give it a go next time I work, any other thoughts.? thanks

[SweetLemon]

I am a new grad with not a ton of experience but using a paper with all my med times as well as patient activities that I need to keep track of (PT, OT, Scans and whatnot) really did help me. And on the days that I needed a little help from someone else, either a NA or another nurse it was easier for me to pinpoint what i still had left so I could delegate more easily. Having all these different schedules floating in my head was overwhelming but when I was able to write them down and see them it made my day so much more manageable. Good luck if u hear of any other ideas please post them... always love ways to make the day more efficient and successful

[dani_girl]

We have kardex's for each pt.. and after I write my notes on them and staple them on the top corner of each pt paper I write these things with a line next to them: Assess, 2ndary, 24 (for 24hr check), and Darp (our prog notes), and I&O. then when I get it done, check it off.. that way at 630am I am not scrambling to see if I did something.. I can look back and say, yup did that chart check, ooh.. didn't clear that IV..

helps me..

[regimite]

thanks so much , I think that opening up to new suggestions is helping already.. I did the timeline for the weekend and that was very helpful. I can see how these other suggestions would help. I must get a good handle on delegation, remembering to get the phone numbers of the PCT' s is a start that I must do... in postpartum, we dont have kardex, there are just tons of tasks and they are due different times according to the birth time of each baby. The nice thing, not as many meds... so there is a trade off... Thanks