by the time we're done with the internship. At the moment I have 3 pt. I come to the floor at 06:30. My shift starts at 07:30. I come early so I have a full hour to go over the chart, review the last MD orders, check how my pt were doing over night and talk with the night shift nurse. We don't have report on our floor (not a verbal one) so I find this to be very useful. At around 07:00 I review my pt. care plans and medications, I prepare my meds for the day and by 07:30 if all goes well i'm down the hall to take a first look at my pt's making sure they are ok. I then go back to the pt. who's high priority with the BP machine to take vitals and then go see the rest. Once vitals are taken I give the 08:00 meds and then I do AM care. then 09:00 meds and I try to do charting by 10:00. After that the day evolves around meds, treatments, dressing etc. On our floor we have a routine of doing rounds before and after breakfast, before and after lunch and right before the day shift ends. During these rounds we reposition pt., change diapers, make sure they are comfortable etc. We have a half an hour coffee break and an hour for lunch, which we take when we can. I try to do charting throughout the day and by 15:00 I try to have everything done so I have half an hour left to go over my charting and make sure I didn't forget anything.
Usually (thank God) this works for me, however keep in mind that I also get a lot of help from the other nurses, especially when it comes to AM care. On our floor there's no such thing as "This is my pt and this is your pt" we all care for everybody together so it does make it easier to actually have a daily routine. Hope this helps you, Have a great day
pumiky