Free printable PDF
The brain sheet
that survives a 12-hour shift.
A clean, printable nurse brain sheet built by working bedside RNs — a single-patient shift sheet and a 4-patient assignment grid. Free. Enter your email and it’s yours.
What’s inside
Single-patient shift sheet
Room, patient, code status, isolation, allergies (flagged), Dx, drips, a write-in labs grid, an assessment-by-system block, a tasks/times column, and an SBAR handoff box — laid out in the order you actually read off at report.
4-patient assignment grid
The at-a-glance sheet for your whole assignment: room/name/code, Dx, tasks and times, and notes for each patient, on one page.
Print it or fill it on your phone
US Letter PDF — print a stack for the week, or drop it into any PDF markup app and fill it in on your phone between rooms.
Want it built into your phone?
RN PocketPal is the same brain sheet, digital and offline — with drip math, critical-lab flags, and a one-tap handoff export. Patient info stays encrypted on your device. Free on iOS & Android.
Prefer to browse first? See the unit-specific brain sheets.
Questions
Is the brain sheet really free?
Yes. Enter your email and you get the printable PDF immediately — plus a copy in your inbox. We'll send occasional RN PocketPal updates and you can unsubscribe anytime.
What sizes / units does it cover?
It's a universal layout that works for telemetry, med-surg, ICU, ER, and student clinical — the fields are the ones every unit needs (allergies, code status, drips, labs, systems, tasks, handoff). The RN PocketPal app adds five unit-specific variants you can customize further.
Can I use this at work with real patients?
It's an organizational template to help you stay organized during a shift — not a substitute for clinical judgment, your facility's policy, or the medical record. Treat a completed sheet like any other document with patient information: keep it on your person, don't leave it lying around, and shred it at the end of the shift. Don't store completed sheets on shared devices.
What's the difference between this and the app?
The PDF is paper (or a static file you mark up). The RN PocketPal app does the same brain sheet digitally — offline, auto-saving, with drip math, critical-lab flags, isolation icons, and a one-tap clean handoff export — and it keeps patient info in encrypted storage on your device. The app is free on iOS and Android.