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We typically give physicians most of the credit for good health outcomes in hospital patients, but nurses play a vital role in health outcomes, as well.

Physicians — along with the assistance of nurse practitioners — make official diagnoses, perform specialized procedures, and prescribe meds. But nurses also help physicians to help identify and more importantly communicate a variety of health-related tasks that many hospitalist physicians simply don’t have the time to handle, such as:

• Identifying when trash or soiled linens must be isolated
• Determining when food and drink should be temporarily discontinued
• Assessing when a liquid diet should be implemented
• Citing when medicare certification is needed
• Noting when no medication should be given
• Deciding when patients need hygiene care
• Identifying when certain types of therapy are required
• Determining when prescriptions need to be reordered

It’s a broad range of duties, but, when it comes to the responsibilities of an RN, listed above is just the tip of the iceberg. Yet, all of the tasks mentioned — and many other tasks nurses perform in professional health care settings — have something in common: They can all be facilitated with the use of communication labels for nursing, which are labels that facilitate communication between nurses and other parties involved in the hospital care process.

Communication Labels for Nursing

Communication labels for nurse duties is one of the broadest classes of medical labels on the market, with literally hundreds of options available — a reflection of how broad the duties of an RN in a hospital really are.

This means the labels must generally be acquired from a label provider that specializes in producing them, providing a broad range of stock designs that anticipate standard labeling needs, as well as the option to order custom labels that address unique nursing protocols. This is what you get when you make us your go-to source for nursing communication labels.

We currently offer over 160 varieties of stock communication labels — designs that address practically every communication status that nurses apply to hospital patient charts across the U.S. What happens if you can’t find exactly the type of stock label you need? Simply go to our Design A Label page, and get started on placing a custom order that meets your unique requirements.

Label customization includes size, adhesive, print, thermal properties, facestock applications, and more. Order what you need in practically any supply size, on practically any schedule, from multiple bulk orders a month to small orders purchased as needed.

Order Nursing Communication Labels Today

Since 1969, Shamrock Labels has provided best-in-class communication label designs to hospitals, doctor offices, pharmacies, and other health care entities. With our many stock options and custom label creation capabilities, we’re the only communication label supplier you’ll ever need.

To put our experience and expertise to work for your organization’s nursing staff, please call us today at (800) 323-0249, or send us an email through our contact form. We look forward to helping you support good health outcomes with our labels!