By 
Keith Brofsky | Photodisc | Thinkstock
I’m sharing her wisdom with you and am curious, how would you structure your day differently?
Organizing your Day:
An efficient nurse will fill her pockets like they are the drawers in her kitchen–everything has a place!
After it’s used–put it back in that place so you aren’t digging madly in your pockets when you need something!
As a Student:
0645-0715: Get report
Check labs, meds and orders (in that order)
0715-0830: Assessment
Chart assess. and vitals
0830: Accuchecks?
Breakfast
Meds with Breakfast?
Chart
Bath
Treatments
0900-1000: Meds passed
1130: Accuchecks?
1200: Lunch
1300-to end of clinical day: Finish charting, teaching,
treatments and help nurses
As a Nurse:
Come in early!
0630: Check kardex/chart/med card
0645: Get report, check orders while waiting, check meds and labs
0730: Vital signs done w/ aid beginning with most critical and those leaving the floor.
Assessments done (get as manydone as you can before BK).
0845: Pass meds as breakfast comes around (remember insulin given 15 min before BK and after accucheck!)
1000: Chart and check for new orders, tell pt you will do treatments and bath AFTER lunch
1130: Accuchecks
1200: Meds
1300: Eat lunch or catch up on charting or both
1400-1500: Treatments (good time to play catch-up)
1600: Chart check, charting, accuchecks
1700: Insulin, dinner
1800: Wrap up, chart
1900: Report off after everything is done and cleaned up for night shift
So, feedback time: Do you already do this or think it is helpful? How do YOU keep up with everything you have to do–do you have a plan?
