#108: Brain Sheets Decoded

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Straight A Nursing

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🗓️ 2 July 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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In episode 7 I talked about how to give an excellent end-of-shift report. In this episode, we’re taking a deep dive into how nurses use “brain sheets” to ensure that report is thorough and efficient. For this episode, you’re going to want to print out the downloadable PDF and follow along with me as we go through all the components of an effective brain sheet so you can feel confident in the clinical setting. Download the report sheet for one patient here. Download the report sheet for multiple patients here. Listen to Episode 7: Giving End-of-Shift Report: (https://www.straightanursingstudent.com/shift-report/) ___________________ FREE CLASS - If all you've heard are nursing school horror stories, then you need this class! Join me in this on-demand session where I dispel all those nursing school myths and show you that YES...you can thrive in nursing school without it taking over your life! Study Sesh - Change the way you study with this private podcast that includes dynamic audio formats that help you review and test your recall of important nursing concepts on-the-go. Free yourself from your desk with Study Sesh! Confident Calculations - Learn a foolproof method for performing dosage calculations so you can pass your nursing school math exams on the first try! Crucial Concepts Bootcamp - Start nursing school ahead of the game, or reset after a difficult first semester with my nursing school prep course, Crucial Concepts Bootcamp. Learn key foundation concepts, organization and time management, dosage calculations, and so much more. 💕Did you love this episode? Please take a moment to follow or subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode! ___________________ The information, including but not limited to, audio, video, text, and graphics contained on this podcast are for educational purposes only. No content on this podcast is intended to guide nursing practice and does not supersede any individual healthcare provider's scope of practice or any nursing school curriculum. Additionally, no content on this podcast is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Straight a Nursing is a proud member of the Airwave Media Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:23.8	So, addictively comfortable your love swapping screen time for runtime. Hey there everybody welcome back to the Straight A Nursing
0:44.4	podcast this is episode 108 and today we're gonna do things a little bit
0:51.7	differently I know I always say get on your shoes, go out for a walk,
0:56.7	let's fold that laundry, let's do something productive, let's clean out the pantry, whatever it is, I like it when you do productive things. Mostly I like it when you exercise
1:06.4	and get outdoors while you listen, but today's a little bit more of a working session.
1:11.7	So before you get started, you need to get to your computer and
1:15.0	I want you to print something out or have it up on your computer while we talk.
1:20.0	So in this episode we'll be going through my brain sheet and how I use it in depth to
1:28.4	receive and then give excellent end of shift report. So we're going to be looking at a one patient brain sheet,
1:36.7	like what you might use for a critical patient.
1:39.8	So if you're going into your advanced med surge, That's the one that you'll use and we'll also
1:46.4	look at one that I use when I'm taking care of multiple patients
1:59.4	to areas like if you're working on the floor.
1:54.2	So when I was doing our hospital used to float the ICU patients
1:59.4	to areas like telemetry, they don't do that anymore, but when I would float tube someplace like telemetry,
2:06.8	then I would have a different type of report sheet for taking care of multiple, like up to four or so patients.
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