Journal 4

This week was another learning experience with my Preceptor. She is a very busy lady and always multitasking with her Job. I even asked her this question, “How do you do it?” She smiled and said “I have the brains “.She loves what she is doing and very knowledgeable and abreast with time. My preceptor guides the staff under her through series of routines, procedures and pre- defined practice guide lines. She talked about the new staff policies that she is redrafting the previous night.
As usual she has her goals on a calendar and tries hard to meet her goals; she makes room for other side issues and distractions. We did a lot of walking in the morning. We went to the morning staff meetings and walked around a few floors and surgical floor to see how they were doing. We stopped at Marketing and Physician Relations coordinator and had a discussion on their MAGNET JOURNEY on when to implement it. It was a brief meeting. She had the monthly meetings with the nursing staff Directors on one to one basis.
I attended the meeting with the medical surgical Director of Nursing. They discussed their weakness/strength, Budget, staffing, Nursing, patient safety and patient satisfaction. They have started a new program in the hospital known as Rounding with Purpose. As part of their commitments they want to provide superior care and service to their patients, families and visitors. This Rounding with Purpose is monitoring patient’s well-being and caring for their personal needs on an active hourly basis. The medical surgical Director was asked about how staff is complying with the Rounding with Purpose program. She said her staff is doing very well with minor exceptions and she had addressed the issues with the involved staff. My preceptor and I went through the annual budget report; I made some suggestions that may help to offer a better explanation when the Divisional heads meet with the Board of Trustees.