Why Is Nursing
Time Management Hard? October 2, 2022 -- You know what it feels like: the shift ends and everything's done... no staying late (on the clock? off the clock?) to finish charting, no "missed care," all patients making good progress. Effective time management is a great feeling: you're at your best, and your patients have received truly good care. But how do you get there? Time management is one of the hardest parts of the job of the nurse. There is always more to do, and never enough time. Setting priorities, not losing sight of the big picture, multi-tasking (especially while juggling interruptions), and delegating are essential skills, subtle and complex, acquired only with years of experience. Here are some of the issues I've confronted in my own practice. Go time-managing nurses! |
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"The United States alone [among wealthy countries] treats health care as a commodity to be distributed according to the ability to pay rather than a social service to be distributed according to medical need." — JAMA (2003), 290, 798