Exam 2 (Career Development, Time Management, and Prioritization)

What is the Promise career phase?

- The first 10 years of employment as a nurse. -It is the earliest career phase. -You are considered to be less experienced and may experience a little bit of reality and information overload. -Considered a novice at this time.

Planning and establishing Priorities Steps 1 and 2. *More in depth. *2 common mistakes?

-"Fail to plan- plan to fail." >Need a plan so you do not fail. -Managing the crisis!! >Do not know when a crisis may happen, but need to know how to manage them and bounce back from them. -2 common mistakes in planning. >Underestimating the importance of the daily plan. ~This will set you up to fail, it will set you up to make mistakes, miss deadlines. >Not allowing adequate time for the day. ~Need to set time aside to plan to prioritize.

What is the Re-entry career phase? *What is it? *Reasons?

-4th possible phase, more than 40 years of experience. -Lots of nurses who have left the field but still have training, experience, and active license may decide to re-enter the work setting. -REASONS: these vary and are long. >Can be from empty nesters, widows, divorced, kids in college needing extra money, etc..

What is punctuality?

-A lack of punctuality suggests a lack of value for other people's time. -Punctuality is key! >It is respectful. >Be on time and be respectful of the other person's time. >This is important. >It shows that you have integrity, you care, you are responsible, you value not only yourself but you value and respect others as well.

What is a cover letter?

-A written sales pitch. >Short, like one page long. -Your opportunity to: >Give the employer the information that makes you a stellar candidate. -Accompanies the hard copy application or resume. -Print off the covert letter and resume. >Matches the job you are applying for. -Clear and concise: showcases your special skills. -Conversational tone, but formal. -State specifically what you want. -Include how you learned about the position. -Use plain type, 11-12 point font. >Use something like Times New roman. -Use white or off-white paper.

Learning exercise 9.2

-About daily prioritizing. -Look at.

What does the new graduate nurse career planning consist of? *4 aspects.

-Applying for the right job. >Do not assume you wanna stay where you already work as a CNA. > Seek the right job! >Do not have to accept the first job that comes your way, weigh your options. -Is it the right organization for you? > Make sure to look at the values and the mission statement and vision statement of the organization. >Make sure it is a good fit for what you feel. -Plan or Future career divergence. > Make sure that they have things intact for you so you can have opportunities so you can further your career or switch to another career or department down the road. - Look for facilities with orientation programs, internships, residencies, and fellowships. >This allows you to have a formal onboarding and make the transition into your career easier . ~This helps prevent turnover due to high demands that were placed on the new grads to be those critical thinkers with good problem solving skills and clinical judgment. ^These transition programs help develop a smooth transition to bridge the gap between nursing school and direct patient care. Improves outcomes for new grads, they report that these programs are useful and helpful.

Time management tips.

-Avoid procrastination! -Avoid distractions. Set boundaries to avoid any distractions such as talking to people around. -Make time for yourself also. -Make sure goes are measurable and attainable. -SMART Goals. -Display 9.2- Tips for College Students. (not on exam per teacher) -Whatever list you do, list everything that has to be done and create a life schedule. -Avoid procrastination and distractions. -Always re-assess. -Electronic Task/Reminder Lists: may not always be ideal. >Phone. >Email. >Apps. -Paper Lists. >Easier to do because you are writing it out.

What are symptoms of poor time management?

-Constant rushing. -Crisis mode. >Not a good mode to work in. -Fatigue or listlessness. -Sense of being overwhelmed by demands and details. -Constantly missing deadlines.

What does continued competencies mean? *What does it mean? *Updates? *ANA? *Mandatory?

-Core abilities to fulfill one's role. >Just the basic fundamental competencies you have to do. -Continuous development. >Be proactive and be excited to learn about something new or hear about how things are being handled in other parts of the country. >Embrace this and continuing education units. >Even after obtaining your licenses, you are a lifelong learner and must seek out educational opportunities to continue to grow in your profession and grow your skills and role. -UPDATES: about knowledge, practice, technology, clinical advancements, and changes in care. -ANA Code of Ethics --> indicates a nurse's ethical responsibility for maintaining competence and lifelong learning. >Talks about the nurse's ethical responsibility for maintaining competence and being a lifelong learner for best practices and evidence based practice. -MANDATORY: CE for license renewal. >Most states expect for about 11 require continuing education units in order to renew your licenses. ~Kansas does, Missouri does not.

What is a professional specialty certification?

-Display 11.4- Benefits. -Have eligibility requirements such as a nurse for certain number of years, active license, and usually involves a certain certification exam and always involves continuing education units to renew certification. -Some hospitals will support and acknowledge the certification and some may even pay for the tuition, review courses, classes, or even the cost of testing. Every hospital is different. May even get a raise for having the certification. -Research does show that there are improved patient outcomes and there is a positive work environment when people seek the specialty certifications. -Demonstrates advanced achievement of competence in your specialty area. -Can provide a sense of accomplishment for yourself because it validates you. >It is validation of that specialty knowledge and kind of competence to peers and patients. >Shows that you have taken that extra step to seek that knowledge and certification. >It shows that you have more of a specialty knowledge base, increases credibility, and boosts your self-confidence.

What are the general guidelines for a resume?

-Display 11.6 -Keep resumes 1 to 2 pages long. - Writing is clear and concise. - Target the job you want. -Clearly state your qualifications. -Bulleted points or use sentences. -Maximize your strong points. -Minimize your weaknesses.

What not to include in a resume?

-Do not put any pictures on it. -Bad grammar. -Bad sentence structure. -Bragging on yourself (overstate). -Typos. -Including marital status or your age. -Including statements about children. -Including race or religion.

Examples of how to prioritize tasks. *3 aspects.

-Don't do: > Outdated. >Will take care of themselves. >Better accomplished by someone else. -Do later: >Trivial. >Task doesn't have an immediate deadline. -Do now: >Emergencies. >Daily operational needs.

Interview tips.

-Dress professionally. Do NOT wear scrubs, go in business attire. -Group Interview. >Usually 3-7 people, sometimes 10. --Behavioral Interview. >Ask behavioral questions. ~Example: tell me a time when you had a conflict with a co-worker and how did you handle it? What was the outcome? -Take time to formulate answers. >Never be afraid of silence and take time to formulate your answers. -Ask to repeat the question or clarify if you do not understand what is being asked. >Sometimes I may ask two or three part questions. -Do not volunteer personal information. -No rambling- give clear, concise answers. - No gum or mints. -Maintain good posture. -Make eye contact. -Smile. -Don't linger. -Thank you for your references. -It is okay to ask when they are making their decision, like the timeline. Can also ask how you will hear back such as email, phone, whatever. -Have questions for them also.

What to include in a resume?

-Educational background. -Work history. > This is important. -Awards/honors. -Scholarly achievements. - Community service/Volunteer work. -Professional objectives/goal statement. > Does not have to be long, maybe just a sentence or two. -Professional references. >You do not have to list them on your resume. ~Can just say professional references provided upon request. > Make sure you ask permission before.

A personal approach to time management.

-Explore: >Explore how time is currently being spent. >Look at self now and explore how time is going to be sent. >How are hours spent during the day? -Goals: >Set short term and long term goals. ~Helps fit all tasks and duties in a certain amount of time into the day. -Prioritize: >Do what is most important first and work way down the list. -Steps: >Break goals into manageable steps. >Use a systematic approach.

What does mentoring mean?

-Find someone you trust, does not have to be your preceptor or anyone on your unit, can be outside the hospital too. -Grow yourself to become a mentor to other people. -It is important because organizations do have a responsibility to assist employees with career coaching. This is usually your unit manager that takes this on.

Appearance for interview.

-It takes less than four minutes for the interviewer to decide. >The way you present yourself for an interview, says a lot about yourself. >Make sure that your clothes are clean and that you are well put together. -Business attire. -Men- shaven or well-groomed beard/mustache. -No fake nails- clear polish. >Want your nails to be short, do NOT want claws. >Want your nails to be nice, neat, clean, and presentable. >Make sure that your fingernails are clean. -Cover tattoos. -Remove facial jewelry. >No nose, lip, no spacers in your ears. -Be mindful of your shoes. >Make sure that they are clean.

What is the Harvest career phase? *What is it? *Challenge(s)?

-Late career, 30-40 years. -Have experience. -These are the prime nurses who have prime experience. -At this stage, these nurses are expert clinicians. -These nurses have strong abilities at this point. -These nurses have been a role model but are now the ones that people are picking at their brain. -CHALLENGE(S): trying to avoid becoming obsolete (out of date). >Want to stay fresh, active, up to date on processes and protocols, and best practices because things are always changing. ~This allows them to keep moving forward because they have to do this ongoing reinvention of themselves. ~Must actively strive for ongoing reinvention so that way they can avoid being obsolete.

What are helpful activities for prioritizing?

-Making lists. Paper, App, phone, email, etc.. >Make them realistic and attainable. >Can be monthly, weekly, daily, or all three. Do whatever works for you. -Breaking tasks down. >Break tasks down into smaller parts.

About job applications.

-Many are done online. -Be sure it matches what is on your resume. -Answer every question. -Don't list a desired salary or salary range. -No typo's. - List legitimate reasons for leaving a previous job. -Professional references only. >Get permission from references to list them. -Do not exaggerate your qualifications or skills. -Paper applications: print neatly and use black ink. -No text speak.

What are some priority setting frameworks? *5 different ones.

-Maslow's Hierarchy. -Airway, breathing, circulation (ABCs) framework. -Assessment first! >So you know the patients baseline. -Survival potential. -Least restrictive. >Maintain patient safety with the least amount of restriction to the patient.

Maximizing VS. Satisficing?

-Maximizing: >Try to take all the information and make the best decision. >Need more information. >Look at each task you are trying to achieve. >Make the best decision possible for that task. -Satisficing: >You are making a decision that is not really ideal but the results and outcomes are adequate. >Outcome being adequate is okay.

Why do we procrastinate?

-Maybe because there is something else going on that is more important. -Set of behaviors that develop overtime but you need to change them. - It is usually caused by something that we dread, something that is overwhelming, unpleasant, or we do not want to do, or something that is time consuming. -May not have a specific deadline which leads to it not being important. -Is a barrier to time management. -Studies show that procrastination may be genetic

What is the Momentum career phase? *What is it? *Milestones? *Challenge(s)?

-Middle career, 11-29 years. -This is where the nurses tend to be more experienced. -The nurses have more expert knowledge, skills, and abilities. -The nurses have more credentials behind their name and have a stronger education base at this time. -Can be drudgery because it can be unrewarding and defeating. -Tend to be more of a role model within these years for incoming nurses. -A key here is being committed to lifelong learning and seizing opportunities that come your way. -MILESTONES: further building confidence and competence, gaining mastery level on skills, finding your voice and that nursing voice, being empowered to speak up, creating possibilities for yourself rather than stagnation. -CHALLENGE(S): the process. Instead of growing, you become stagnant so it is fighting stagnation. >Really have to start creating career progression in this phase. >Biggest problem in this phase is stagnation, this is where a lot of nurses leave the profession.

What is the individual nurses responsibility for career development? *What does this mean? *3 main aspects.

-Need to be proactive in developing your career plan so that it provides opportunities for you to have new learning, challenges, and opportunity for career divergence when those opportunities present themselves. -Should include a minimum of those evidence based skill practices. -Constantly work on this. 1. Self-Assessment: assessment of self, work environment, job analysis, education, training, job search, any acquisition of new talent or skills that you need, and past work experience. -Critical to start with yourself and see where you were, where you are now, and where you want to be. -For work environment, see what it offers and is that where you really wanna be? -Do you need more education or training? -What work experiences do you have or do you need to build one? -What ae your weakness and strengths? 2. Goal Setting: Stay focused, do not over zealous self and jump ahead of yourself, take time and learn, be engaged in every phase of your career but keep your goals, timeline and flow may change but stay focused on those goals. 3. Looking for opportunities and preparing. -Never know when an opportunity may present itself, so be prepared.

What are the 3 basic steps to time management? (important per teacher)

-Need to make time to plan out goals! -Need adequate resources to achieve goals. This is time, people, sources. 1. Allow time for planning and establishing priorities. 2. Complete the highest priority task whenever possible and finish one task before beginning another. 3. Reprioritize based on the remaining tasks and on new information that may have been received.

Priority setting and Procrastination (a little more discussion on step 2),

-Priority setting --> CRITICAL! -Three categories: display 94., listed on next card!

What to be cautious of on social media?

.-Many potential employers check social media. -Often people seeking jobs are eliminated due to social media posts. -Watch what your security controls are on social media. -Make sure you set it to where if a friend tags you in something, that it does not automatically post on your timeline. Set it to where you have to approve it.

Suggestions to assist with daily planning list. *7 steps.

1. Assess the team. (regardless if you are staff nurse or just staff in general or the charge nurse.) 2. Gather supplies and equipment in advance. 3. Cluster activities. (cluster ones together that make sense to go together.) 4. Use time estimates. (ALWAYS overestimate time, maybe double it; Do it for yourself and your patient.) 5. Document asap. (do not put this off as it is important to get all documentation done in a timely manner.) 6. Take breaks. (take when you can because if you do not, it can lead to burnout, which leads to you being frustrated and upset with what is happening.) 7. End the workday on time. (will be angry because then your whole night is delayed. Can help do this by delegating

What are the 3 steps to career coaching?

1. Gathering data. -As a nurse manager, look at staff and decide who is a good fit for what. -This involves spending time with staff and getting to know them -Observe these people to see what skill set they have. >This can help identify how to coach them to advance their career and figure out what may be good for them. 2. Asking what is possible. -Meetings with your managers. -Look at the unit for future possibilities and openings. -Always should be able to anticipate what lies ahead. Should always know about changes going on or that could happen in the future. Although, cannot share everything with the staff. -Nurse navigator role. >Maybe it can help identify something that your unit needs and that would better help the flow of patient care as well as better patient outcomes which can help reduce stress on staff. 3. Career coaching is conducted. -Usually happens during your annual evaluation but should happen a little bit more than this though. >Should not just wait until this time to help with career coaching. >When you point out something negative, people tend to shut down.

The order in which assessments are completed: The nurse has just completed a report at the end of the night shift. Which patient would you assess first? A. A patient who just called out has to use the restroom. B. A patient who has a BP of 160/80 with no signs or symptoms. C. A patient who has a BP of 154/86 that is complaining of chest pain. D. A patient that has a stat nursing lab draws order for blood cultures.

C. A patient who has a BP of 154/86 that is complaining of chest pain.

What is career coaching?

Involves helping others to identify professional goals and career options and then designing a career plan to achieve those goals

Comparison of roles and responsibilities.

See table 11.1

-Order of Clients to be seen First: You are working in the ER in triage. In what order would you see the following list of clients in the ER? A. The client is coughing and sneezing every 5 minutes. B. The client has a high fever and is lightheaded. C. The client is grabbing his chest and is very short of breath. D. The client that has a bloody nose.

The client who is coughing and sneezing every 5 minutes. (4) The client that has a high fever and is lightheaded. (3) The client is grabbing his chest and is very short of breath. (1) The client that has a bloody nose. (2)

What is procrastination?

To put something off until a future time, to postpone, or to delay needlessly.

What are some helpful pointers for career development?

-Voice mail. >Make sure that it is professional. -Email. -Follow through on applications. -Research the organization. >On the organization and understand their vision, mission, and what they stand for. ~Make sure it aligns with what you believe in and what you stand for.

Ways to beat procrastination? *6 aspects.

-Get rid of directions. >Turn off cell phones, computers, social media, television, and do some work. -Use headphones. > Cancel out distracting noises by listening to some music. -Set a time limit. >Commit to working for the time you have set. >You will need to also know when it is time to take a break. -Know your energy cycle. >Work when you feel peppy and awake, not when you are exhausted. -Be accountable. >Ask a roommate or friend to remind you of your task if you get distracted. >Also be responsible. -Reward yourself. > Take yourself out for a treat when you are done to reward yourself for staying on task.

What to include in a cover letter?

-Greeting: why you are writing the cover letter. -Opening: name of the company, job, and why you are qualified. -Body: convince the reader that you are a perfect fit for the job. -Closing: tell them again why you are ready for this opportunity.

What is reflective practice?

-Has been suggested as a strategy for promoting professional and personal growth. - Promotes personal growth and promotes competence. -Start to reflect on your actions that you value and engage in this process of lifelong learning at this point. -It is a process for the assessment of your own practice and to identify and seek learning opportunities to promote your continuing competence. -Some states require this but not all. > Kansas and Missouri do not require this. -Display 11.5- Watkin's Steps of Reflection.

What does time management mean?

-In general, remember that critical thinking, decision making, prioritization, and time management are four skills that are necessary for nurses to be able to provide nursing care that is safe and efficient. -Good time management skills allow an individual to speed time on things that matter. >Time is important. Make optimal use of the time you have in the day. ~If you lack time, you become overwhelmed and begin to lack certain things.

What are the 6 deadly Facebook mistakes?

-Inappropriate pictures. -Complaints about your current job. -Posting conflicting information about your resume. -Statuses you would not want your boss to see. -Not understanding your security settings. -Losing by association. >Who you talk too or are friends with.

What not to include in a cover letter?

-Include clichés. -Include lots of "I" statements. -Rely on just spell check- review, have a friend review. >Print off and read out loud. -Indicate any negative attitudes. >Example: Why you left a previous employment. -Include salary requirements. -Use fancy fonts or more than one type of font.

How to optimize time management? *3 aspects.

-Includes: >Priority setting. >Managing and controlling crises. > Balancing work and personal time. ~ Looks good but is hard to do.

What is the organizations role in career planning? *9 different aspects.

-Integrating needs. >Involves human resources, nursing managers, nursing departments, and education departments. Need to all come together. >Collaborate to work together so they can match job openings with the skill set and talent of present employees. ~Includes present employees, new talent coming in not just acquiring new hires or talent. They should also be looking at current talent and human resources (what they do have). -Establishing career paths/career ladders. >Ways to help people grow. >Will have certain criteria that needs to be met in order to work way up ladder. ~Must be communicated to staff and have to be understandable and attainable to nursing staff. -Disseminating career information. -Posting job openings. >Internally and externally. -Providing challenging assignments. >Not hard patients or higher acuity but need to be pushing you to stretch your talents and skills. ~Assigning you on a task force, committee, giving you charge duties, etc.. -Giving support and encouragement. >By telling you that you are doing a great job, you are going far, you can continue. ~They see the positive things in you and are communicating this to you. -Communicating. >There should be clear communication between you, your manager, charge nurse, and organization. >Should flow, be clear and concise. >Should be understandable to all staff members. -Developing personnel policies. >Use your voice if you see something that the hospital is not doing and they should be doing. -Providing education and training.

What are attributes interviewers are looking for? *3 aspects.

-Integrity. -Honesty. -Reliability.

What is career development?

-It is an intention in career planning. -Provides choices for your career outcome. -Should be viewed as a critical and deliberate life process involving both you and your employer. -Ultimately will provide choices about your career outcomes rather than leaving them to chance. You do NOT want to leave anything to just chance. -Provides choices and has to be deliberate and it is a lifelong situation.

Prioritizing patient care.

-It is critical to do this to maintain patient safety and meet your patients needs. -Least invasive to most invasive. -Inspection, Auscultation, Palpating, Percussion.

What are the justifications for career development programs? *7 different ones. **KNOW BOLDED**

-Reduced employee attrition. >reduces turnover of those nurses who are more ambitious and who otherwise become frustrated and seek other jobs because of lack of job advancement. -Equal employment opportunity. >Means that the underrepresented minorities and other underserved groups have better opportunities to move up in the organization. ~Identified early in their career because other wise they just leave and go somewhere else. -Increased opportunities for employee growth. >if we cannot advance, productivity will decrease especially if held back. -Improved quality of work life. -Improved competitiveness of the organization. >One organization may have something that another does not. -Avoids obsolescence and new skill acquisition. >Organizations need to be proactive in providing training and skill training to their employees with new skills, technology, equipment, and other things so that they can stay up to date and current on new things to avoid this. -PROMOTION OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE. >THIS IS THE GOLD STANDARD TODAY FOR NURSING PRACTICE. ~This is using career development programs that should include research and best practices so that they are providing their nurses to be equipped with the most current knowledge, best skills, and abilities for the best patient outcome. ^very important and they should be given those necessary resources.

What to do to develop the resume?

-Resume format. >Easy font to read such as Roman text. >May get it professionally prepared but do not have too. > Can use a resume template, make sure it is professional. -Professionally prepared. -Make an impression. > Want it to speak and stand out above other people. -Capture the reader quickly.

Ways to manage personal time? *3 aspects.

-Self-awareness. >Goals. ~Know your short term and long term goals. >Plan. ~Have a concrete plan of action. >Take control. ~Because you want to determine. ^This means determining how your time is spent, do NOT allow others to do this. Take control! >Move forward. ~Keep your goals in mind and do not let work interfere with achieving it. ^Examples: going back to school, changing positions, transitioning into another role, etc.. >Recognize your style. ~Recognize when you are productive, when you have time to waste, etc.. -Focus. >Focus on your plans and tasks to get it done. Finish, then relax. -Set boundaries. -Bran's 12 Habits to Master Personal Time Management- Display 9.6. (look over)

What to do after an interview?

-Send a short thank you note after the interview. >Include: ~Appreciation for the interview opportunity. ~Restate your interest in the organization. ~Indicate your feeling that you would be an asset to the organization.

What is a professional portfolios? (apart of reflective practice)

-Some schools in the bachelors programs, students have to create a portfolio in their leadership course. Not required in associate programs because they have a limited amount of time, 2 years.

Examples of planning needs for nursing role of the time efficient work environment.

-Staff nurse. (just some things they do) >Deal with hand off reports. >Initial and shift assessments. >Medication administration. >Prepare for any procedures. >Documentation!!! -Charge nurse. (just some things they do) >Setting staff schedules and assignments. >Coordinating lunches. >Helping staff out where they can. >Coordinating with the interdisciplinary care such as respiratory, PT, OT, etc..

What are prioritization principles in patient care? *6 aspects.

-Systemic before local. >Bigger more life altering injuries come before a localized injury. -Acute before chronic. >A new injury, illness, surgery, or exacerbation before a long-term chronic situation. -Actual problems before potential problems. -Listen carefully and don't assume. >Do not assume that you know what they are going to say or what they are thinking or what is happening to them. >The patient has the best record of themselves. >Always look at your patient and assess the patient, not tubing and all the machinery. -Recognize and respond to patient trends VS. transient findings. > This is why you want to listen to your patient and get to know your patient. Hard because we are with them for such little time. ~Want to be able to identify any changes happening with the patient even if it is a small change. -Recognize medical emergencies and complications VS. expected findings.

Examples of time wasters?

-Technology. >A big one per teacher. ~Email, the internet, social media, etc.. -Socializing. >Can socialize, but manage time and do not do this too much. -Inability to say "NO". -Waiting for supplies/medications. >Constantly checking for things and may not be able to find it, this is a delay. -Searching for misplaced equipment.

Reprioritizing (step 3).

-The occasional crisis... -Always look at the environment and assess to see if anything is changing or if you need to change anything. -Flexibility is key! -Remember that all important things are not urgent and not all urgent things are important. >Urgent and Important: do now. >Urgent but NOT Important: delegate it. >Important but NOT Urgent: Decide when to do it. >Not Important and NOT Urgent: delete it.

What is Benner's Levels of career phases? *5 different levels.

-This suggests in the transition from novice to expert, nurses develop skills and understanding of patient care over time through an educational base as well as experience. 1. Novice: when you first come out of nursing school, no RN experience. 2. Advanced Beginner: have a more acceptable level of behavior, performance, skills, abilities, thinking. >have been able to gain some exposure to actual situations. 3. Competent: this is 2-3 years of working in the same or similar environment. 4. Proficient: are able to have knowledge that has helped improve decision making skills. >have been exposed to a variety of settings or are increasing knowledge base which has increased skills and abilities, in return has improved decision making. 5. Expert: have a broader understanding of the whole picture. >able to look at the patient and understand the patient as a whole. >no longer need principles, rules, or protocols to connect situations to things. >have experienced enough and are skilled enough to be able to have that nursing intuition so you do not have to connect situations to determine actions, you just know.

Interruptions. *Time waster. *Half Work. *How to deal with it?

-Time Waster. >Interruptions- because your attention is shifted away and then you have to start over. ~If constantly, leads to stress and dissatisfaction with the job if constantly interrupted. -Half-Work. >You have to focus on two different things and divide yourself. >This can make something take twice as long. -How to deal with it? >Have to learn how to be flexible about this. >Re-group and not lose yourself or lose control over it. >Take deep breaths, stay calm and surround yourself with others who are calm. >Ask for help, do not be ashamed to ask for help. >Have to learn how to deal with stress.

-The Order in Which Interventions are Provided: the nurse is caring for clients on the telemetry unit. A. Check on the patient that was running a low BP all night. B. Instruct the CNA on how to transfer a patient who has a fresh hip repair to the chair for breakfast. C. Give a report on a patient transferring to a med-surg unit. D. Change your Wednesday central line dressings on your patients.-

A. Check on the patient that was running a low BP all night.