The QSEN guidelines help me to educate my students on how to create a safer clinical environment for them and the patients. 1  One way that my workplace is implementing QSENâs guidelines is by starting a shift change meeting called the âHuddleâ and students are invited to participate.
Drinking a gallon of water is safe if you spread it out throughout the day, but if you consume it in less than an hour, you risk getting water intoxication, which can be deadly. Water intoxication can happen with levels as low as 3 liters, a little less than a gallon, per hour.
The typical U.S. adult downs about four cups a day, which is shy of the Institute of Medicine's recommendation to drink about three liters of fluid for men and 2.2 liters for women. But others disagree with this assessment -- if that's the amount of water a person naturally drinks in response to thirst, that's fine.