For Episode Fourteen I pick back up on my burnout series. In this episode I address some of the biggest reasons nurses get stuck for long periods of time with their patients.
Here is a quick list of topics I discuss.
- Some visits are just long
- See everyone twice a week
- Understanding the two types of nursing visits
- Be the calm in every situation
- Avoid power struggles
- No triangles
- Don’t invent problems
- Know your patients
- Chart at the bedside to end the visit
I also share the following visit schedule I performed right after I published part 6 of my burnout series.
6 patients who will be known as 1-6
All Charting completed at the bedside.
Patient 1 – 8:00am – 8:45am (no new orders)
Travel 43 miles to Patient 2
Patient 2 – 9:30am – 10:30am (Actively dying)
Travel 30 miles to Patient 3
Patient 3 – 11:15am – 12:00pm (pillbox)
Travel 0 (same building)
Patient 4 – 12:00pm – 1:00pm (pillbox)
Travel 25 miles to Patient 5
Patient 5 – 1:30pm – 2:30pm (new orders)
Travel 23 miles to Patient 6
Patient 6 – 3:00pm – 4:00pm (no new orders)
Drive 5 miles to where my daughter works to pick her up since her car is in the shop. She gets off at 5:30pm.
Worked from 4:00pm-5:30pm to do Recert notes on patients 5 and 6 above. Also completed IDT notes on 3 patients for a nurse who is out sick.
I ask my listeners to let me know what they think of the above schedule. Was this a good schedule I should be proud of, or are there problems with it?
In Episode Fifteen I will discuss the above schedule and what I feel like I learned from it.
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