Area of Exposure: CL-OPD Day of Exposure: 1 (Monday)
General Objectives:
After 4 days of PHN exposure, the PHN will be able to:
1. Facilitate the activities, interventions, and procedures of student nurses both routine and non- routine according to the daily plan of activities. 2. Apply the skills previously learned about leadership and management (i.e. Henry Fayol’s Principles of Management) through hands-on management of SSN’s. 3. Develop the knowledge, skills, and attitude required of a head nurse through observation, interview, and application. Specific Objectives:
After 8 hours of duty, the PHN will be able to:
1. Establish rapport with the SSN’s by establishing meaningful relationships and appropriate conversations. 2. Manage the SSN’s assigned to her by lecture discussion, demonstration, and hands-on supervision. 3. Recognize the different roles and responsibilities of a professional head nurse through shadowing. After 8 hours of duty, the SSNs will be able to: 1. Develop a meaningful and appropriate relationship with the practicing health nurse through appropriate conversations. 2. Recognize their delegated tasks and patient assignment provided by the practicing head nurse. 3. Demonstrate the knowledge and skills about OPD and render nursing care to their assigned patients. Time Activity Rationale 7:45 am Meeting of practicing head UNITY OF COMMAND: workers nurses with their assigned clinical should receive orders from one instructor manager. 8:00 – 8:15 am Preconference: DISCIPLINE: the medical team - Morning Prayer should start the day with a - Introduction, statement of morning prayer. purpose , and establishing CLARITY OF PURPOSE: every the contract of exposure staff in the unit should have a - Meeting of PHN’s with clear understanding of their their assigned SSN’s purpose and responsibilities - Delegation of assigned UNITY OF DIRECTION: The tasks health team should be moving towards a common objective in a common direction. 8:15 am Proceeding to the assigned area DISCIPLINE: student nurses (CL-OPD) should render nursing care at the right place and right time. 8:30 – 11:30 am Nursing and administrative AUTHORITY: PHN’s must have duties and responsibilities: the authority to give orders, but - Shadowing they must also keep in mind that - Maintaining a clean and with authority comes orderly area responsibility - Supervising in the DIVISION OF WORK: work administration of nursing should be divided among intervention by SSN’s individuals and groups to ensure according to their that effort and attention are capacity: focused on special portions of the a. Vital signs taking task b. Care of patients with EQUITY: all employees should be casts, braces, splints, treated as equally as possible tractions, and external INITIATIVE: Management fixators should take steps to encourage c. Wound care worker initiative, which is defined d. Bed bath as new or additional work activity e. Administration of oral undertaken through self-direction medications 11:30 – 12:30 pm Lunch Break RENUMERATION: compensation for the work done should be fair to both PHN and SSN 12:30 – 3:30 pm Resuming nursing and DIVISION OF WORK: work administrative duties and should be divided among responsibilities individuals and groups to ensure - Guiding in the that effort and attention are documentation and focused on special portions of the completion of patient’s task chart - Afternoon vital signs taking 3:30 – 4:00 pm Post-conference ESPIRIT DE CORPS: - Announcements and management should encourage preparations for another harmony general good feelings day’s duty among employees - Reflection of SSN’s to the DISCIPLINE: the medical team occurrence of events in the should end the day with a closing duration of their duty prayer. - Closing prayer
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