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Nursing is a demanding job, and often, it seems as if there are not enough hours in the day to complete all of the tasks assigned, in addition to, the challenges that may arise throughout your shift. Promoting a healthy work environment is necessary to provide quality patient-centered care and effectively managing time is needed. Many nurses struggle with time management especially when staffing shortages are at an all-time high as is critical patient care. Effectively managing one’s time is necessary to provide adequate, efficient, and safe patient care. “Nurses have begun to take more responsibility for identifying workplace issues and advocating improvement” (Weiss & Tappen, 2015, p.174).
“Time management may be aided by a range of skills, tools, and techniques used to manage time when accomplishing specific tasks, projects, and goals. This process encompasses a wide scope of activities, including: planning, setting goals, delegation, analysis of time spent, monitoring, organizing, scheduling, and prioritizing” (Qteat & Sayej, 2014, p. 41). There are many ways to deal with time management and everyone will have different methods. Several strategies could be considered with discussions related to time management. Instead of handwriting a to-do list or jot sheet, we could transfer those thoughts via technology, specifically, electronic communication of patient care for all team members to have access to.
This may eliminate the “waiting on report” or “chasing around a healthcare team member”. All the information could be accessed in one place and therefore create a patient-centered database for all to view. “Advocating for more “proactive” uses of secure messaging in which healthcare team members initiate communication, elicit patients’ perspectives, and draw them into relevant dialogue would constitute a paradigm shift in current approaches to this communication medium” (Hogan et al., 2018).
Another time management strategy would include adequate staffing to eliminate overtime and prevent burnout. Properly staffing any floor is essential to allow for each nurse to have an acceptable ratio of patients and to provide enough care to each. This strategy improves patient outcomes and quality patient-centered care. Another concept may be the idea of time management training “aimed at giving insight into time-consuming activities, changing time expenditure, and increasing workday efficiency by teaching people how to make a daily planning, how to prioritize tasks, and how to handle unexpected tasks” (Qteat & Sayej, 2014, p. 42). Meeting the needs of patients and their families is what healthcare revolves around; therefore, it is essential that we as healthcare providers find a way to effectively manage our time while multi-tasking to provide patient-centered care.
References:
Hogan, T. P., Luger, T. M., Volkman, J. E., Rocheleau, M., Mueller, N., Barker, A. M., . . . Bokhour, B. G. (2018). Patient Centeredness in Electronic Communication: Evaluation of Patient-to-Health Care Team Secure Messaging. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 20(3). doi:10.2196/jmir.8801
Qteat, M., & Sayej, S., MD. (2014). Factors Affecting Time Management and Nurses’ Performance in Hebron Hospitals. Journal of Education and Practice, 5(35), 41-58. Retrieved from: https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEP/article/viewFile/17453/17712
Weiss, S. A, & Tappen, R. M. (2015). Essentials of nursing leadership and management (6th ed.). Philadelphia: F. A. Davis.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5864998/?report=printable
https://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEP/article/viewFile/17453/17712
Bio‐ Amanda Rabalais, BSN, RN
Amanda Rabalais, BSN, RN is an experienced registered nurse of 14 years from Baton Rouge, LA, where she resides with her husband and daughter. She demonstrates a strong history of working in the hospital and healthcare industry and is deeply passionate about her nursing specialty of hospice and palliative care. She anticipates graduating with a master’s degree in healthcare administration in Fall 2021 so she may continue to cultivate a culture of empathy, assist with coordination of care amongst our aging population, and collaborate with other healthcare clinicians to expand access to care. When not busy pursuing leadership roles, Amanda enjoys spending time with her daughter who competitively participates in travel club volleyball and softball, gardening, outdoors, and fitness.
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