| TASKS | |||||
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TIME 9.15-10.15 am | Brief contacts | Administration | Supplies | Equipment/treatment room | Patient contact | Informal chat with research assistant |
10 | Receptionist chat about problem with another staff member | Opening mail, sorting for GPs, updating records on computer | Drug rep arrives to do a free check on blood pressure monitor | Steriliser beeping to signal end of cleaning cycle. She attends to it | Checked blood pressure on elderly patient | Shows me internal mail system |
20 | Receptionist inquiry about arrival time of another nurse | Continues to open mail | Conversation with drug rep about next visit |  |  | Talks about other nurse’s involvement in multi-site collaborative care program |
30 | GP checks his pigeon hole; inquires about our project | Continues to open mail | Â | Â | Immunization of 8-week old baby | Chat about immunization and paperwork for recall system. Keeping track of lapsed immunizations. Her role as educator for parents about immunizations |
40 | Introduces GP to me | Takes patient file to GP. Enters data onto computer to be added to immunization register | Â | Â | Â | Â |
50 | GP ducks in. Chat to pathology courier | Enters data on immunization onto computer | Â | Â | Immunization of 8-week old baby | Â |
60 | Â | Â | Â | Clears plastic dishes for immunization and puts them away | Adult male of penicillin injection. 2 years old for asthma medication. Education of mother on how to use spacer device | Â |