Shift started in surgery, finished in outpatient.
7 a.m. in surgery, 10 a.m. in the step-down unit to fill in, 2 p.m. in outpatient. Each department has its own protocols, its own prep rules, its software set up differently — and the reassigned nurse learns it all on the fly, sometimes next to an agency worker with no one shadowing her. “Both of them lost,” and safety pays for it.
Roomee. Each department has its own space: protocols, instructions, a lead contact, phone numbers — clearly named. Moved to the step-down unit at 10 a.m., the nurse opens the space and finds, in a few seconds, how things are done there and who to call. On her phone. Working across departments no longer means starting from scratch on every floor.
- Monitoring protocol — Step-down
- Prep & pill organizer — Step-down
- What to do — alarms