There were just too many good things I found out there this week, that I had to add this special edition of Nuggets (special because they only usually appear once a week...).
Enjoy!
Rehab-o-rama
As a rehab nurse, I know the FIM, but truthfully, it sometimes drives me crazy when I have to look at someone and when we talk about them in a meeting spit out their FIM numbers. Some are easy, since we take care of bowel and bladder all the time. Those other ones, however, tend to mess me up.
I found this article about how one hospital educated staff on their FIM scoring. It's very clever and involves a cartoon character. Hey, if it works, go for it!
Play nice
Since my OR pal reminded me...It really sucks that they have to write articles like this, but a recent one from AdvanceWEB talks about how nurses in the OR sometimes need to be reminded to be civil.
Relax
Need a quick, contemplative moment? This article by a certified hospice nurse may help you achieve your goal (also from AdvanceWEB).
And from the blogosphere....
Not Nurse Ratched is a new nurse who talks about making her first big med error. Listen up, all you new nurses!
Crass-Pollination had this great post about the inpatient shell game. Just call it bed bingo on steroids or you know it's bad when someone needs to die for you to get a free bed.
And Keith wins the most interesting day post for this one: Bat in a Basket. We have critters all around Madison, but thankfully, no bats.
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