Shift change; night shift giving report, day shift taking report, assignments made, notes completed, medications dispensed, treatments started, dressings changed, meals served, doctors on the floor wanting assistance. Along with this are patient call lights, alarms beeping for an IV fluid change in one room an EKG monitor in another room, the phone ringing, patient in the restroom pulling the alarm cord. Busy, chaotic and noisy, but the need to ... Read More
