What is it?
The act of someone planning or organizing their time between different activities to maximize their effectiveness.
What is time management?
Gives you time to relax, prepare and visualize how you will organize your day.
What is arriving to work 10 to 20 minutes early?
Performing an assessment is essential during this time.
What is the first hour of your shift?
Steps to take before rounding to administer treatments and medications by patient.
What is Analyzing the data?
The ability to assign tasks to those most fitted to the role.
What is delegation?
Setting priorities and scheduling activities.
What is making the best use of your time?
Arriving early to work can prevent brain fog, and has this health effect.
What is reduction in stress?
Patients with V/S or lab values out of range have scheduled procedures or complicated care needs.
Who will be the first patients to assess?
Steps to take before rounding to administer treatments and medications by patient.
What is creating a plan and listing the order you will see each patient?
This act encourages team building and communication and saves time.
What is asking for help from the nurses working on your unit?
You can improve your patient care performance and achieve greater success as a new nurse.
What is learning to manage your time?
Saves time and provides early intervention of urgent or immediate needs.
What is receiving report at the patient's bedside?
Before beginning an assessment.
What is the need to communicate with your patient?
Gathering supplies, perparing medications to administer care, and reducing the number of trips to the patient's room.
What are grouping care needs, or consolidation of care?
Taking this allows you to clear your mind, collect your thoughts, and have a bite to eat.
What is a break?
Established methods to begin applying time management principles to help nurses stay on top of their responsibilities.
What are Time Management practices?
The opportunity for the incoming nurse to verify the completion of ordered tasks produces this effect.
What is time saving?
The length of time needed to perform the first head-to-toe assessment of the shift.
What is 5 minutes?
A practice that should not be implemented by a nurse when preparing medications.
What is multitasking?
The time to document in your patient's chart.
When is as soon as the care has been provided?
By practicing nursing time management skills, you can begin learning how to organize and prioritize your patient care responsibilities.
What is planning care in a logical order using critical thinking?
Report at the bedside allows for this opportunity for the oncoming nurse.
What is a good time to take notes and ask questions?
At the conclusion of the 5-minute head-to-toe assessment.
What is document assessment in the patient's chart?
What is "The Five Rights of Medication Administration"?
This act will keep you aware of changes in condition and help you better understand your patient’s perspective of their care.
What is talking with your patient?