Today I am having afternoon shift. I woke up with a pimple on my cheek. I think its because the past few days have been damn stressful. Yesterday I was the one and only junior for 12 patients. It was really busy until i did not even have the time to go for my break. But its definately not as stressful as doing in charge work cause junior work is something I am familiar with. However, its definately more physically demanding. But i still like it cause there is more patient contact.
I developed my own schedule for afternoon shift junior work
Come on duty early and get to know ur each and every patient well. Do ur delegated duties such as counting equipment, controlled drugs, stat drugs or resus trolley
1.15: Central report
1.30: Make rounds with the actual in charge which i dun really follow that closely cause she is super fast ( I already made my own rounds)
1.35: Take report from previous shift, take note of diagnosis of every patient, and things to note, any special mentions, look through clinical charts. Take note of who need hour monitoring or need to record intake output, or who is on ventolin... etc... if previous shift never finish updating them question them
2: Do parameters, update some charts
2.30: pREPARE DRIPS NEEDED FOR THE DAY
2.45: Do a round of changing diapers, update charts again if able to
3-5: This period is actually a period in which the day is rather stagnant, unless, there are patient admissions, collapse... etc... Do what u are supposed to do like tube feeding, give ventolin (a time in which we can follow the staff nurse and maybe do some skills)
5.30: Blood Glucose monitoring
5.30- 6.15: Do Parameters and update all charts
6.15- 7: Serve diet, update intake output, maybe can go for fast break when they eating
7-9.30: Tube feeding,,, any nitty gritty things u have not done, answer call bells, update charts for next shift handover, changing second round of pampers... maybe can help to serve meds with the staff nurse if really free (but not rwally possible when u are the only one). Help to check again all drips are running, maintain a good atmosphere in the rooms that u are in...
Haha... this is my own schedule i planned. It seems like the perfect thing for me when I am doing junior work... haha... But usually life is not as simple as it seems... There are things that crop up here and there...
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