Assignment: Concepts in Micro-systems
Assignment: Concepts in Micro-systems
Assignment: Concepts in Micro-systems
NURS 4810 Professional Nursing Concepts in Microsystems My Hospital Unit Assignment Unit Description Once you decide what type Unit you will have for the semester, you must create a description of your unit.
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NURS 4810 Professional Nursing Concepts in Microsystems My Hospital Unit Assignment Unit Description Once you decide what type Unit you will have for the semester, you must create a description of your unit. By answering the questions below, you will create the foundation for your fictional hospital unit. This semester, you will assume that you are the nurse manager on this unit. At the end of each chapter is a section labeled My Hospital Unit. Each student must select a total of 6 chapters and respond to the questions. Responses are to be typed (like the format below) and placed in your folder. To get the most benefit from this learning activity, decisions you make in each chapter will inform choices you may make in the subsequent chapters. Please respond to the following and place in your folder. The first turn in will be announced in class: 1. Name your unit 2. What services are provided in the unit? Can be acute care or ambulatory care; medical (may be subspecialty such as respiratory), surgical (sub-specialty such as ortho), OR, ED, ICU, OB, Peds, Behavioral health, and so on. 3. What is the size of your hospital? (# of beds) 4. What is the size of your unit (number of beds)? 5. Is this an urban or a rural hospital? 6. Academic- teaching hospital, private, or government owned? 7. How long have you been the nurse manager? 8. What types of shifts do you currently schedule (8, 10, 12 hour shifts; mix)? 9. What hours/days do you typically work?
Assignment: Concepts in Micro-systems
Assignment: Concepts in Micro-systems
10. Briefly describe 2 of your RNs, 1 LPN, 1 UAP and a Unit Secretary. Give each a first name and a description of the personality, what generation is represented and rate their current performance. 11. Now you need to make a floor plan of your unit by describing the floor plan. Indicate if the patient rooms are single or double. Describe the location of work areas, including the med room, charting area, supply area and any other important area of your specific unit.1. Pediatric Intensive…