For Episode Fourteen I pick back up on my burnout series. In this episode I address some of the biggest reasons nurses get stuck for long periods of time with their patients.

Here is a quick list of topics I discuss.

1. Some visits are just long
2. See everyone twice a week
3. Understanding the two types of nursing visits
4. Be the calm in every situation
5. Avoid power struggles
6. No triangles
7. Don’t invent problems
8. Know your patients
9. Chart at the bedside to end the visit

I also share the following visit schedule I performed right after I published part 6 of my burnout series.

6 patients who will be known as 1-6
All Charting completed at the bedside.

Patient 1 – 8:00am – 8:45am (no new orders)
Travel 43 miles to Patient 2
Patient 2 – 9:30am – 10:30am (Actively dying)
Travel 30 miles to Patient 3
Patient 3 – 11:15am – 12:00pm (pillbox)
Travel 0 (same building)
Patient 4 – 12:00pm – 1:00pm (pillbox)
Travel 25 miles to Patient 5
Patient 5 – 1:30pm – 2:30pm (new orders)
Travel 23 miles to Patient 6
Patient 6 – 3:00pm – 4:00pm (no new orders)

Drive 5 miles to where my daughter works to pick her up since her car is in the shop. She gets off at 5:30pm.

Worked from 4:00pm-5:30pm to do Recert notes on patients 5 and 6 above. Also completed IDT notes on 3 patients for a nurse who is out sick.

I ask my listeners to let me know what they think of the above schedule. Was this a good schedule I should be proud of, or are there problems with it?

In Episode Fifteen I will discuss the above schedule and what I feel like I learned from it.

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James

James worked on-and-off as an LPN for over 20 years. In 2014 he completed a bridge program and became an RN. James became a hospice nurse in January 2015. He lives in the Kansas City area with his wife of over 30 years, 4 daughters and 2 sons in law.