Too much info to remember / confusing patients with other patients

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Do you ever feel like you don't remember things about your patient and/or you're getting your patients confused with the other patients you have??

I feel like these other nurses know the answers to everything and have photographic memories and just spit out the answers. I have a bad memory, and there is way too much information to remember... like when a patient or doctor asks me a question - I'm always fumbling my folded papers around trying to find out the information like a clueless idiot. I'm like, "Uh, let me look at that for you and get back to you" or "Let me ask the other nurse."

Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.
Over time you will learn what is important and what others NEED to know. Until then maybe Esme12 will chime in and give you some links to her brain sheets. You are new, this happens to all of us :)

Brain sheets......here are a few that have been made for AN members....adapt them to what you need.

doc.gif mtpmedsurg.doc doc.gif 1 patient float.doc‎

doc.gif 5 pt. shift.doc‎

doc.gif finalgraduateshiftreport.doc‎

doc.gif horshiftsheet.doc‎

doc.gif report sheet.doc‎

doc.gif day sheet 2 doc.doc

‎critical thinking flow sheet for nursing students

student clinical report sheet for one patient

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Specializes in Med/Surg,Cardiac.

I stick post it notes on my report sheets and list new orders, abnormal labs.. Anything that happened that the next shift should be aware of.

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