This presentation is intended to act as a resouce for nurses who are floating to medical surgical units ... show more

This presentation is intended to act as a resouce for nurses who are floating to medical surgical units, with special attention on the nurse who has not previously worked on a medical surgical unit. Information in this presentation has been compiled from MWHC policies & clinical practice guidelines.

Topics addressed in this presentation include but are not limited to:

• Best practices in floating & walking unit orientation guidelines
• Patient handoff, admission, discharge, assessment & documentation expectations 
• Management of telemetry in non-critical care areas
• Medication management & IV access management
• Communication & escalation- interdisciplinary and within nursing
• Rapid response criteria and roles
• Bedside procedure policy & tools
• SIRS & Sepsis protocol 

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