tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568619474449091271.post6007892291784552489..comments2023-11-02T04:21:19.463-05:00Comments on 10 centimeters and beyond: The paperwork side of nursingNurse Lochiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07137987823813922532noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568619474449091271.post-69687056796712236302009-05-09T05:22:00.000-05:002009-05-09T05:22:00.000-05:00I feel your pain. We need to hire more staff. One ...I feel your pain. We need to hire more staff. One to take care of the patient and one to do the paperwork. <br /><br />When I first started in OB there were 5 sheets of paper we had to fill out. At that time they told me, "we are working on decreasing our paperwork." I now see that was an outright lie. Now I don't know how many papers we fill out. We do it on a computer and the computer spits out reams and reams of paper. And we are not suppose to circle or highlight anything in the paper chart. So it takes us longer to give report to maternity. I keep telling myself it is going to get better some day. I know that might be a lie I tell myself but it is working for me.pinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00198277802918823591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568619474449091271.post-37099645482402554612009-05-08T12:51:00.000-05:002009-05-08T12:51:00.000-05:00Sounds a lot like the L&D where I work, we als...Sounds a lot like the L&D where I work, we also have a visiting policy and newspaper announcement consent form that we have to get signed. And this is just a start, if a patient comes in for anything other than labor, there is more paper work. If there is shoulder dystocia or other complications, then more paper work! I told my boss that 1 more paper to fill out and we need 2 nurses for 1 patient. One nurse to do the patient care and one nurse to fill out the paper work. At my job, it takes me longer to do the paper work to rule out labor and send a patient back home than the patient is actually in the hospital. It's a sad world when more of your time is spent doing paper work than taking care of the patients. L&D used to be a lot more fun place to work, I love taking care of the patients but, I don't enjoy all of the paper work.tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882902489912209611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568619474449091271.post-57769360033415401462009-05-08T10:15:00.000-05:002009-05-08T10:15:00.000-05:00love your new avatar!! i don't remember signing a...love your new avatar!! i don't remember signing anything to auth. filming, but i am sure it was filmed as i heard/saw the nurse stand facing no one in particular and read my name and some numbers and note the time?? maybe you could enlighten us who were all warm, fuzzy and agreeable at the time, and don't remember. thanks, i enjoy reading your blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568619474449091271.post-35405298206706649362009-05-08T09:48:00.000-05:002009-05-08T09:48:00.000-05:00My hand is cramping to just reading this! I love c...My hand is cramping to just reading this! I love charting at my PRN job... all computerized with "normal value" buttons! My weekend option (full time) employer... lets just say I document vaccines in 6 different locations!Taking Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11582706569774851613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568619474449091271.post-32427454793302882442009-05-08T00:47:00.000-05:002009-05-08T00:47:00.000-05:00we don't have to get informed consent in those sit...we don't have to get informed consent in those situations<br /><br />++++++++++<br /><br />You don't have to get informed consent before giving pitocin for augmentation or third stage?Yehudithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13375567189686415995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568619474449091271.post-74394476393632423272009-05-07T20:16:00.000-05:002009-05-07T20:16:00.000-05:00WOW - what a PITA. I will be extra nice to my nur...WOW - what a PITA. I will be extra nice to my nurses!AwkwardMomentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11854477296635420810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568619474449091271.post-5073660138225553602009-05-07T14:46:00.000-05:002009-05-07T14:46:00.000-05:00It is ridiculously insane all the paperwork and do...It is ridiculously insane all the paperwork and documentation that has to be done on each and every patient.....to the point that they are telling us word for word what to document. How is that even legal? <br /><br />It truly does leave very limited time to handle patient care. And it seems like every time something new is added....it's the nurse that is responsible for it all. It's getting to be way too much legal stuff and not enough time to actually take care of the patient's needs. I forgot to add up one braden score & I get written up for it.....nevermind the 9320840934098230943092 things I documented correctly or the lives I saved inbetween charting.<br /><br />Then the hospital will whine about patient satisfaction scores being too low. Sigh.....Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08943730933269816574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568619474449091271.post-55964175377030571322009-05-07T14:09:00.000-05:002009-05-07T14:09:00.000-05:00Joy, even though there is a ton of paperwork, you ...Joy, even though there is a ton of paperwork, you still should have been given the care and support you needed. Frequently we'll care for the patient and end up staying later after the shift is over just to make sure we've completed all the documentation. I'm sorry for the poor hospital experience.Nurse Lochiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137987823813922532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568619474449091271.post-70763601394453982732009-05-07T13:17:00.000-05:002009-05-07T13:17:00.000-05:00And this is exactly why my nurses didn't give me t...And this is exactly why my nurses didn't give me the time of day when I was in the hospital giving birth. I had no support from them before or after delivery because they were so focused on all the STUFF they had to get from me.<br /><br />I felt like they were judging me and ignoring me on purpose. Now I understand they had a ton to do.Joy@WDDCHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03709113785857792361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8568619474449091271.post-18720037181431096912009-05-07T12:34:00.000-05:002009-05-07T12:34:00.000-05:00Very informative reading. I am a career changer wh...Very informative reading. I am a career changer who is finishing my pre-req's this fall, applying for the nursing program in January, and hoping to be finished in a couple of years (seems like forever!). My interest is in labor and delivery and therefore reading your blog is giving me great insight. It looks like I made a good choice in waiting to do this after I raised my own children because it is going to take some real career dedication, which I am up for. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com