NURSING 105

HEADNURSING EXPERIENCE

OBJECTIVE: At the end of ninety-six (96) hours of headnursing experience, a senior nursing student can
apply the nursing management process in the operation of a clinical unit.

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DAY ACTIVITIES REQUIREMENTS CLINICAL TEACHER CHARGE NURSE
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1. Formulate 1. In a small 1. Guide HN students 1. Guide HN students
objectives for the notebook, write a. check a. review
experience. the following objectives students’
2. Introduce self to entries: b. listen to objectives
the charge nurse - objectives of charge nurse on b. go over
and other the experience hospital hospital
personnel in the (1st page) policies, rules, policies, rules,
unit. - tabulation of regulations, and and regulations
3. Read hospital all patients job description with students
policies and a. date c. check c. orient
regulations. admitted floor plan students to all
4. Get acquainted b. room # d. check hospital forms
with hospital forms c. name requirements and records
Day
and records. of patient for d. explain
befor
5. Make a floor plan. d. age completeness job description
e
6. Read all patients’ e. physici of a charge
first
charts. an nurse, staff
day
7. Secure the f. chief nurse, and
of
following: complaints other members
duty
a. long g. diagnos of the health
brown is / medical care team
envelope with impression
plastic cover h. special
b. small problems and
notebook needs of
c. duty kit patients
d. short bond i. date
papers discharged /
transferred
out / expired
2. Floor plan (on
bond paper)

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DAY ACTIVITIES REQUIREMENTS CLINICAL TEACHER CHARGE NURSE
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First 1. Listen to shift 1. Submit to the 1. Check if student 1. Introduce HN
Wee endorsement teacher the ff: a. knows student to all
k 2. “Tail” charge nurse a. log of all personnel personnel in the
1st for 8 hours hourly in unit of unit
Day 3. Observe all her activities of the assignment 2. Explain
activities charge nurse b. is a. ward
4. Get oriented to the b. impressi familiar with policies and
personnel, visiting ons and physical set- routines
physician, physical comments of up b. records
set-up, policies, activities based c. can and forms
rules, and on actual explain c. physical
regulations observations hospital set-up
5. G with the nursing c. personal policies and d. equipme
 rounds at the start evaluation of regulations nt and supplies
and end of the shift the day’s d. is
activity acquainted
d. pick out with hospital
incidents/ forms and
situations records
during the day
where the
charge nurse
made us of
management
and leadership

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DAY ACTIVITIES REQUIREMENTS CLINICAL TEACHER CHARGE NURSE
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1. Observe the 1. Submit to the 1. Review HN student 1. Discuss with
activities of the: teacher the ff: on the following students newly
2. Assess needs of a. identific principles of identified problems
patient, team ation of management: on unit
members, and unit problems a. account management
3. Maintain good related to the ability related to:
interpersonal activity of the b. span of a. medical
relationship with staff, auxiliary, control team
staff, physicians, nursing c. delegati b. patient
patients, etc. students on of authority care
4. Go with nursing b. classific d. unity of c. staff
rounds at start and ation of command d. public
end of the shift problems into e. decision e. nursing
problem areas making students
c. suggest f. line-staff
ed solutions relationship
d. evaluati g. specializ
First
on of activities ation
Wee
based on h. esprit de
k
management corps
2nd
principles i. division
Day
e. evaluati of work
on of actions j. disciplin
done if good, e
wrong, r can be
improved and
rationale of
evaluation
f. pick-out
incidents/
situations
where
management/
leadership
skills were
utilized by
people
observed

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DAY ACTIVITIES REQUIREMENTS CLINICAL TEACHER CHARGE NURSE
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1. In addition to the 1. Attend conference 1. Check activities of 1. Guide students in
previous activities: with teacher students a. carry out
a. go with (Friday PM) a. confer doctors’
doctors’ rounds AGENDA: with charge prescriptions
b. carry-on - problem solving nurse on b. recordin
doctors’ - evaluation of the student’s g
prescriptions week’s experience performance c. updating
c. update - overview of the b. oversee ward Kardex
First
ward Kardex activities for the student’s and patients’
Wee
and patients’ second week execution of charts
k
charts prescription d. requisiti
3rd
- admission and c. preside on of supplies,
&
discharge students’ drugs, and
4th
- new conference diet, etc.
Days
prescriptions, lab e. making
results, etc. frequent
- observation of rounds to
condition changes patients
d. attend
conference with
teacher (Friday
at 1-3 PM)

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DAY ACTIVITIES REQUIREMENTS CLINICAL TEACHER CHARGE NURSE
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Seco 1. Continue previous 1. Evaluation of the 1. Check student in: 1. Guide students in
nd activities week’s activities a. receivin a. preparin
Week 2. Focus on related to: g / conducting g endorsement
5th managerial role: a. shift endorsement sheet
to a. give endorsement b. leading b. endorse
8th assignment / b. staff nursing rounds ment and
Days patient load to assignment c. giving nursing rounds
personnel c. nursing staff c. staff
b. brief care plans assignment assignment
team members d. alternat d. conducti and briefing of
on their ive solution to ng nursing staff of their
respective problems of care duties
duties / team conferences d. preparin
responsibilities members and 2. Check nursing care g teaching plan
c. receive unit plans and solutions e. teaching
and conduct e. nursing for problems patient, family
endorsement care identified with nurse, and
d. lead conferences team members and public
nursing rounds f. teachin unit f. impleme
e. formulate g activities 3. Confer with charge nting health
nursing care - nursing students nurses and staff for teaching
plan for 2 - patient/family comments on g. making
priority patients - other health staffing frequent
3. Utilize reaching role team members 4. Check student in: rounds to all
of headnurse g. environ a. identifyi patients
 a. conduct mental care ng problems of particularly
brief nursing and sanitation maintaining a critical patients
care h. equipm therapeutic h. solving
conferences ent and environment problems of
with students / supplies b. supervis environmental
staff i. teachin ing other care
b. conduct g activities students i. inventor
health teachings c. making y and
to patient / frequent requisition of
family rounds ward supplies
4. Supervise 5. Check knowledge and materials
environmental care of students j. identifyi
5. Maintain safe regarding ng the
environment for E-cart contents of the
patient and staff E-cart and their
a. housekee respective uses
ping practices k. conducti
b. aseptic ng on the spot
practices incidental
6. Make an inventory teaching
of equipment and
supplies
7. Request for needed
equipment and
supplies
8. Check E-cart for
completeness of
contents

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DAY ACTIVITIES REQUIREMENTS CLINICAL TEACHER CHARGE NURSE
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1. Focus on 1. Submit to the 1. review summary of 1. observe HN
managerial teacher the ff: student students in
teaching roles of a. responsi responsibilities performance of
the charge/head bilities of 2. observe HN activities
nurse morning, students in 2. conduct on-the-
2. Perform all afternoon, and performance of spot incidental
Third activities of night duty responsibilities teaching of
Wee char/head nurse nurses 3. encourage the interesting cases
k without supervision b. evaluati teaching functions
3. Evaluate nursing on of HN of the charge/head
staff and auxiliary experience nurse
utilizing c. all
performance written reports
appraisal form of
the agency