I am accustomed to a hospital that has clearly defined nursing policies for every procedure and streamlined orientation that involves the highest focus on safety in terms of both for the patient and for the protection of one's nursing license. I have seen that the nursing policies are incredibly complex and difficult to search and find on their web-site. Each individual hospital branch does not follow the little amount of searchable policies that Riverside has. The policies may be different at each facility and difficult to find. Their policy book that is typed and not on the computer is not organized in to nursing skills and practice, but rather has administrative policies thrown in with it.
Nursing orientation, roles, and expectations for each position could be clearly defined.
If Riverside is the only place you have worked, you don't even realize what or how things should and could be different/safer for both the patient and the RN.
