Unit Champions

What do your huddles consist of?

I, too, am interested in your huddles. When do you do these and what do they consist of? I read some information a while back that employed these huddles however our unit was never willing to give it a try.

We have huddles every Thursday, done by our NM. They consist of reviews, kudo's, new policies, new hires, those leaving, etc..

Ours are at the end of day shift, so we capture both Noc and days. They last about 15 min.

We aspire to be a magnet hospital so therefore group huddles are to be done daily. If you miss the daily huddle then you're supposed to read-and sign- the huddle sheet that you missed. We receive a weekly batch of huddle sheets that include "thought for the day"; kudos to people who have demonstrated world class care; notes on gallup questions; etc. We can personalize our departmental huddles. One group in our hospital does a daily prayer; another group goes around their huddle circle affirming each other. On my floor, I try to do the huddle at the change of shift so to include both oncoming and offgoing staff. The thing is, we are all focused on getting report and hitting the floor before transport comes to take patients to the OR -or whatever the pace of that particular day might bring. A few times on particularly stressful days a few of us break out into what we call "the huddle dance". I've grabbed the Huddle Book and read the huddle during this stress relieving moment in which we are enjoying THE moment.. . and it works for us.

Hope to hear more from you.

I realize what an important role the daily huddle plays and just want to fire up my peers.