 Hi guys, and welcome back to my latest video. Today I want to talk about nursing rounds. And for those of you who don't know what nursing rounds are, I'm gonna explain. I've had a lot of people ask me about what are rounds? What's the point of rounds? I don't know like what to say in rounds. So basically what rounds are, and I'm not sure if this is something that's done at every hospital or if it's just the United States thing or if it's like an international thing, but rounds are basically, at my hospital around 10 a.m., all of like the ancillary staff slash like the charge nurse, doctors, pharmacists, they meet in the rounds, like in a rounds team, and they start at one room, and they just work their way through every single patient and kind of just talk about the patient, their care, the plan for the day. So at my hospital, the round team consists of the intensivist, the charge nurse, case manager slash social worker, usually like the nutritionist or dietary, the head pharmacist, sometimes there's med students, sometimes there's like the chaplain in there. It really just kind of depends on the day and how busy everyone is, sometimes rounds don't even happen because it's just such a crazy day. But typically the intensivist leads the rounds and goes room to room and basically you're just discussing that patient and the plan of care. So the important thing with rounds is they're quick, concise, it's a good time to ask quick questions on things and get information as far as like your plan for the day. So when like rounds come to my room, I sometimes the intensivist runs it, sometimes like I will initiate it and I basically just start off with like this is this patient, this is what they came in for, currently this is where we're at, they're vented, they're on this percent of oxygen, they're on these strips, these are their vital signs, so-and-so has been consulted, this has been going on and the plan for today is going to be to try and extubate or to keep them vented and they're going to be going to cath lab later. So you kind of just get a little synopsis and it's a great time for you to like ask the intensivist like, hey, is it okay if I get a blood gas? They've been desatting or they've been having runs of AFib, RVR, can we consult cardiology? It's a great time to ask those small questions. Obviously, at least where I'm at, it's not a time to like deeply discuss every single little detail about this patient's care because they've got a lot of people to round on, but it's also nice because you've got like case management, they're a rear-charged nurse, so if you're like, hey, I've got a family member who's being very difficult as far as like power of attorney goes and making medical decisions, are you able to clarify with that with them or, you know, just like little things like that? So I think the most important thing with rounds is that you're keeping your information concise and you're tailoring it to who's there. So obviously like if the nutritionist is there, I know what they want to hear. They want to hear tube feeds are at goal, patient's following tube feeds or patient doesn't have a duo tube yet, so we haven't started tube feedings. Do you want tube feed recs written? So obviously, like that person's not there. I'm not gonna really probably say that unless it's pertinent to this patient because that person isn't there. So it's tailored to whoever's in the round team. So I don't know who's like in your round team, but the best thing is just to keep it concise and yeah, that's all I really have to say about rounds. I think they're a blessing and a curse at this, I mean, that sounds kind of harsh. They're a blessing in the sense that like it's a time, you know, each day that you're gonna be able to have everyone together and ask questions and updates and all those things. But then at the same time, if you're so busy and you're like have to come out the room, you're like, oh, round scene's here. I gotta stop what I'm doing and go out and do that. You know, it's just extra work, I guess, but you know, that's how a lot of things interesting are. So I hope you guys enjoy this video. I hope this answers some of your guys' questions. Let me know if you have any other questions. Let me know how rounds work at your hospital, what you do, what time people round, who's in your round team. Let me know down below because I'm curious. So thanks for watching this video. Give it a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel, and I'll see you next time. Bye.