
It is important to keep these medication times on schedule, especially if they are IV antibiotics. Medication Timingįor each patient, whether you’re using a medication list printout or a brain, you’re going to have multiple medications due at different times for each patient. It’s all about figuring out what works best for you.

Other nurses like to print these out and have one brain to help organize all their patients’ schedules on one piece of paper. Some nurses like to print these out to help organize their shift and then make their own brain on the back of each patient print out. You can print out things like their medical history or their current medication list and medication schedule. If your hospital uses Epic, there are a couple different places you can print information out for each of your patients. See if there is a printout for each patient.

See my post on Organizational Brain Template for New Nurses to help get you started. The following are some tips on how to organize your shift to be the most productive nurse! Organize Your Nursing Brainįind a brain that works for you or make your own! And until you’ve done it for a while, a written schedule is your best plan of action. Organizing your shift as a new grad can be intimidating.
