Nursing Supervision and Control Guide
Nursing Supervision and Control Guide
The staff of the Regional Hospital must perform a check-in upon arriving and leaving the company daily, which is done through
from the fingerprint that is placed on a system installed at the entrance of the hospital time clock, it registers all the
suppliers and workers upon arrival. This is reviewed by the payroll department to carry out the respective
paid biweekly.
In the attendance and permanence control, it is carried out daily by the nursing supervisor who conducts
pase de lista en cada departamento de acuerdo a la plantilla de personal asignado a cada área, en la cual lo realiza primero
by phone and later on a direct tour of each service where the information and visualization are verified
of the staff.
A separate control is maintained through some forms, where employees request permission for different types.
is filled out in advance to justify their absence, and additionally carries a control agenda in which the days of leave
An economic day is referred to as a day that a unionized worker has the right to a total of 5 in the year, which must be requested.
3 days in advance and registered in the schedule for better staffing of guards.
A personnel schedule is made in advance for better control before the start of the shift and to avoid the
maximum the exposing of patient care services, is anticipated depending on the staff, based on the
occupation, anticipating absenteeism and disabilities at all times.
GUARDDELIVERIESCONTROL
In relation to the shift delivery controls, we have a shift link in which supervision is carried out.
delivery of all patients who are hospitalized in our hospital with their diagnosis, hemodynamic status,
special conditions, general pending services, and of the entire hospital that pertains to the department of
nursing, pending studies, pending transfers, special procedures, special requisitions, etc...
In different areas, a handover link from floor manager to floor manager is managed in which the condition is delivered.
each of the patients, personalized pendants for each patient, special condition and intertwines the care of
systematic way without losing control of the treatment tracking of each patient, is done with a notebook and the
SBAR technique, which easily conveys a lot of important information about our patient, is carried out
along with the medical record of each patient, and the nursing staff reviews and attends to each patient at the moment
from that link of shift.
In the operating room service, the shift handover is also carried out using the shift linking technique and is conducted according to protocol.
established when there is a need to replace surgery, although most of the time the personnel that initiates a
the surgery is over.
CONTROLOFINCOMINGANDOUTGOINGMEDICINESANDHEALINGMATERIALINMYMEDICALUNIT.
In our hospital, there is a general warehouse and a pharmacy where appropriate conditions are maintained.
storage for health supplies is essential to ensure their quality. These two departments have a
previous control with its products, which through the finance and purchasing department, have a general inventory
of materials and medications which control their entry and exit through the computerized inventory system of
which the department heads manage.
The storage systems in both departments include clear instructions on the reception and the
organization of the products; special storage conditions; monitoring and control of the products;
the maintenance of its quality; the construction and design of the storage for medicinal products; the handling of the
waste; and resources.
The storage process aims to ensure the quality of health inputs so that they fulfill their function.
establishing the necessary physical, hygienic, and infrastructure conditions.
In our Regional Hospital, a process is carried out for the disposal of expired medications that involves
nombre: “baja de medicamentos”, este proceso consiste en:
Make a list of the existing medication in the pharmacy, it is worth mentioning that this procedure is done with
three months before the medication expires.
When making the list of medications, the batch number, expiration date, and quantity of medication are noted.
that is discharged.
It is passed to the Administration.
A document is prepared in Administration and passed to Finance, where the elimination process takes place.
The two departments supply the products through a request made by the employees.
that is generated by the internal ASISST system in which each patient that will be used is loaded and is supplied
for each department separately where it reaches the service where it is requested and at the same time it is stored in a
special locker for each patient, which is registered in the patient's account.
This product, if not used by the time the patient is discharged, will be returned to the corresponding service.
Another department responsible for supplying sterile wound care materials is the CEYE service, which has
a warehouse of products that is managed daily by nursing.
Dressing material: The dressing material is requested by the head nurse of the morning shift from Central
Equipment and Sterilization to the warehouse. Supply for 24 and 72 hours, according to the established petty cash.
This service supplies the daily consumption for each operating room and recovery.
This process in the services is carried out once a week by the administrative staff of each area and a request.
general by the nursing management.
Stationery: There is a supply of essential forms for nursing records and quality indicators.
Fixed staffing: Establishment of fixed staffing for 30 days previously prepared by Head Nurse, deputy head.
and the floor manager in coordination with the accountant of the Unit.
Receiving and stocking method. The floor manager requests and stocks according to the established funds counting
existence and requesting missing items.
The nursing management provides the service according to daily needs, it will be the exclusive responsibility of
the person in charge of providing the necessary stationery for the proper functioning of the service, in case of
faltantes lo notificará por escrito al jefe inmediato dejando copias de tal notificación con el fin de evitar hasta donde
there may be deviations in attention for that reason.
The supply of white sheets is provided every week with 5000 sheets and the required formats are sent for printing.
to the warehouse according to the established stock of stationery.
Cleaning supplies: The input for hand washing, the supplied items are sufficient to cover all shifts of the day.
day shift work (during the day) and completely covered night shift supply of liquid soap, toilet paper in bathrooms,
Sanitas. Only those that are for Nursing use will be requested from the cleaning department.
patient care items such as: soap, cones, toilet paper, and paper towels.
Fixed staffing: It will be established in coordination with the Head Nurse, Deputy Head, Floor Manager, and Administrator.
according to the service needs for 48 and 72 hours.
Method of receiving and supplying to services: It will be supplied daily according to the needs of the area and
per shift.
The head nurse of the floor prepares daily and monthly reports on the supply level of materials for washing.
hands.
The update of fixed medication allocations is carried out at least once every 12 months and
with the participation of the multidisciplinary team
The requirements are made according to the institutional basic table of medications or healing material.
valid.
The theoretical provision derived from the analysis of morbidity, productivity, and clinical practice guidelines is carried out.
taking into account the 10 main causes of highest demand and priority; in coordination with the staff of
supply and pharmacy of the unit.
The head of medical services in General Surgery will be authorized to manage the individual prescription.
request for medications with substantive keys, keys 5000 and narcotic and psychotropic medications.
The request and supply of medications to services through the pharmacy is done in bulk, respecting
original packaging, every 24 hours, from Monday to Friday. Excluding Saturdays, Sundays or holidays. Requesting the
Friday to cover Saturday and Sunday, in case of a holiday, it is requested one day before it.
In the distribution center, they are concentrated in a piece of furniture that guarantees safety for the storage, handling, and
medication custody, in relation to the physical area, conservation, cleaning, doors, arrangement, control of
expiration and cold network.
The head nurse on the floor is responsible for the oversight, management, control, safekeeping, and custody of medications.
the services once they are delivered.
LinenControl
The replenishment is through the linen department, which keeps control of existing quantities and management.
with wear and tear, ensuring 100% fulfillment of the requested garments; in the different services
it has a relationship with the amount of garments that need to be kept at all times; a prior control is maintained to avoid the
impact on quality and patient safety indicators, preventing an increase in the risk of infections
nosocomial.
Fixed Allocation: To manage the replenishment of this item, a previously established fixed fund is set up.
the Head Nurse in coordination with the floor manager in coordination with the Head of the laundry or administrator based on
the service needs and installed capacity.
For the withdrawal of each department, there is a septic system that is monitored daily at the time it will be.
removal of the services counting item by item, which are separated and labeled to be sent to the service
of external laundry.
The person in charge of the process in the assigned service keeps a log of hospital clothing control (Receives inventory, counts,
Record entry time of laundry clothing; consumption and signature). Daily, a daily report of the level is recorded.
supply.
DIRTY CLOTHES
Dirty laundry is an important source of contamination within the hospital. For this reason, it is important to carry out its
collection, transport, treatment, and storage using appropriate methods, with a view to eliminating the possibility of
infection.
Being, as we have already said, a source of infection, we have to take a series of measures aimed at preventing it.
the possible causes of infections; for this we will have to consider several factors:
Manipulation.
Pickup.
Storage.
Transportation.
CONCLUSIONS
Supervision and control within the nursing department are very important activities in simple terms it is
Define: who, how, and when will apply the control strategies and evaluate the Critical Success Factors of the
organization, as well as who will take and execute the corrective decisions at the different levels of the entity.
Control is defined as the function that allows for the supervision and comparison of the results obtained against the results.
originally expected, ensuring that the directed action is also being carried out according to the plans of
the organization and within the limits of the structure of the company itself, with control being one of the steps most
important for a company to continue operating correctly and efficiently following the process
administrative.
From this, the great importance of control can be deduced, for it is only through this function that we will achieve
It is necessary to determine if what has been done conforms to what was planned and, in the case of deviations, identify those responsible and correct them.
These errors are an important step in any administrative process, as besides being responsible for accountability, we...
allows us to be aware of the mistakes that have been made in order to generate possible solutions or take precautions in
future projects.
In our workplace, various types of control are carried out in which supervision participates actively.
in addition to the various administrative functions that are carried out following the administrative process.
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