Dear Nurses

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

NEW NURSE - DO YOU KNOW HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR DAY?

Updated 8/26

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A nurse's priorities

When a nurse's priorities are wrong

In the image above, Jenna is a new nurse.
She has not fully understood the importance
of safe nursing practices.

Her desperation to be on time to meet a friend
for lunch, took priority over patient safety.

Jenna works in the ICU. The monitor alarm 
of the patient in her care, was going off. She
made no attempt to check if something was
wrong.

It is important to understand that a patient who
is cared for in the ICU, requires a higher level
of care.

It is unfortunate Jenna did not prioritize.


   Helpful information for the clinical nurse



  
  In the image above, Lynn is a new graduate who
  is full of expectation. She arrives early on her new
  unit. But her hopes are shattered when her preceptor
  suggested that she is too busy to do an orientation.

It is unfortunate, but this does happen on occasion.
Although Lynn is off to a rough start, there are some
things she can do to make her situation easier.
Learn more by clicking on the links below:

    The role of the Preceptor 
A Preceptor has a very important role to play in
training new nurses. Typically, a nurse who is 
assigned to this role, has a significant number of
years of experience and is able to utilize the learned
skills in a meaningful way.

The role of a preceptor often impacts the way a new 
nurse sees the nursing profession and may even have
an effect on what is expected.





Learn more about : Organizational skills

It takes "all hands on deck" to complete the work.

It is important to recognize that classroom skills
are different from clinical skills. A nurse's
performance in the work place takes on a different 
challenge from the classroom.

Learn more about: Hemodynamic Monitoring and


Learn more about: 
An intravenous infusion may be started in a peripheral

Learn more by clicking on the link:
IV assessment


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