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Another thing I like to do is be the “Rachael Ray” of nursing. If you ever watch her cooking show, she always carries a ton of stuff from the fridge and pantry to the counter where she is cooking. I do the same thing. If I know that all my patients can drink or eat, I will get juice and snacks for everyone at the same time. I will bring extra pillows, slippers, and blankets all at the same time dropping them off at each room. I will also start vital signs on one patient, then go into the next room and start their vital signs, all the way down the line. Then by the time I get back to the first patient, the numbers are up! I write them all down on a piece of paper and off to document I go!
The only thing I NEVER batch is medications. That is a med error waiting to happen. That I do one by one by one and take my sweet time. Because being lazy means avoiding all extra paperwork at all odds whenever possible! An ounce of prevention and preparation prevents a pound of paperwork!!!