Stephanie Ciarkowski

Professor Berry

Transition to Practice Practicum SNU 461-01

March 28, 2023

Reflection 3

When performing my daily routine, I feel that I have good time management

skills. Sometimes I do not allot enough time for me to complete all my tasks, for

example I might have to skip breakfast if I’m running late. However, I feel that I am good

at prioritizing what is most important and needs to be done first. I believe I do have

positive time management skills, such as planning, organization, prioritization,

reevaluating my priorities, and setting goals in order to get my tasks done. I don’t feel

that I struggle with time management during my shifts, my preceptor and I prioritize

patients based on their conditions and medications that need to be administered. In

doing this, we are able to complete our tasks in a proper and timely manner. When we

come in, she prints report sheets for our patients, and after report we prioritize who

should be seen first in relation to condition and medications. We then complete all of our

soonest medications (usually 7 am or 7 pm) and physical assessments first, and once

we have seen all of our patients we chart on their assessments. I feel that prioritization

of our patients creates a successful shift in the sense that we don’t feel rushed or

scattered. We know what tasks we have to complete and when they need done. One

strategy I have learned from my preceptor and plan to implement when I begin my

career is printing a paper with just her patient’s names and room numbers and for each

patient writing when each medication is due and other special tasks that may need
done. For Example, she will write next to John Doe’s name the times for his medications

(such as 7, 9, 12, 3, and 6 am or pm) and she will cross them off as she has

administered the medications for that time. She also writes down things such as blood

glucose checks or if they have specific medications that need to be reordered and at

what time or if they are going for a diagnostic test and what it is so she knows when

they will be off/back on the floor and if she needs to prepare them prior to departure.

Doing this may be an extra 5 minutes for her at the start of her shift, however it is a very

smart and well-organized way to keep track of her tasks for each particular patient.

Therefore, it is something I find would be beneficial to my daily practice.