A perfect opportunity to get a majority of the Pediatric Critical Care staff together is for a Clinical Practice meeting. It is a monthly meeting held on the unit. We usually update everyone on news of the day, which may be as ordinary as upcoming inservices, to sometimes startling news such as wedding announcements, baby news, and those important matters.
We always have food, that is mandatory. It may be simple, but at our last meeting, that was not the case. It was a celebration, actually. Our Clinical Manager and Director brought a fantastic chocolate cake/cheesecake in for the group. It was to celebrate our unit going 358 days without a central line infection. It was a great reason to celebrate! We take a great deal of pride in our care, and that was an example that was worth recognizing.
Now mind you, we were all in need of insulin midway through the meeting, but it was worth it. Trust me. We then talked about all kinds of important issues such as the incorporation of the hospice team into our care, proper medication reconciliation upon discharge, improvements in our computer documentation, the list goes on.
We ended with a very clever Easter egg hunt, the brainchild of a couple of staff nurses. They had hidden the usual plastic eggs all over the unit. But instead of putting candy inside them, they had hidden all kinds of small clues about our care towards children that everyone had to answer correctly before they could get the candy. For example, it might be an IV connector hub, and they had to answer a question about how often that piece is changed with IV tubing. Brilliant!! Just another example of fun coworkers, committed to making this unit the best it can be.
In the end, the children and their families are always the real winners.
Tracy Davis
To join Registered Nurses who are committed to great nursing, visit RN Job Opportunities Indiana
We always have food, that is mandatory. It may be simple, but at our last meeting, that was not the case. It was a celebration, actually. Our Clinical Manager and Director brought a fantastic chocolate cake/cheesecake in for the group. It was to celebrate our unit going 358 days without a central line infection. It was a great reason to celebrate! We take a great deal of pride in our care, and that was an example that was worth recognizing.
Now mind you, we were all in need of insulin midway through the meeting, but it was worth it. Trust me. We then talked about all kinds of important issues such as the incorporation of the hospice team into our care, proper medication reconciliation upon discharge, improvements in our computer documentation, the list goes on.
We ended with a very clever Easter egg hunt, the brainchild of a couple of staff nurses. They had hidden the usual plastic eggs all over the unit. But instead of putting candy inside them, they had hidden all kinds of small clues about our care towards children that everyone had to answer correctly before they could get the candy. For example, it might be an IV connector hub, and they had to answer a question about how often that piece is changed with IV tubing. Brilliant!! Just another example of fun coworkers, committed to making this unit the best it can be.
In the end, the children and their families are always the real winners.
Tracy Davis
To join Registered Nurses who are committed to great nursing, visit RN Job Opportunities Indiana
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