Lesson 2: The Seven Wastes
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Learn each waste type with inpatient nursing examples.
Video 1: Movement Wastes (T & M)
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Video 2: Material Wastes (I & W)
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Video 3: Process Wastes (O & D)
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Quick Review: The Seven Wastes
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Video 4: King of Wastes (O)
<1 minExplore: Overproduction: The King of Wastes
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How overproduction creates other wastes:
Overproduction is called the king because it triggers all other waste types.
- Prepare meds in advance → creates inventory (sitting) and potential defects (changes)
- Process admissions faster than units can accept → creates waiting downstream
- Do tests 'just in case' → creates motion (collecting), transportation (moving specimens)
Every time we produce something before it is needed, we generate other wastes.
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