Bedside Reporting

I dislike it. Have you searched for similar threads? I know I've read a lot of threads about it. There are benefits but overall I prefer getting report then making quick rounds with the other nurse to do introductions and be sure everything is atleast in decent working order.

~ No One Can Make You Feel Inferior Without Your Consent -Eleanor Roosevelt ~

yes, i so agree.

At the bedside, you can't much say stuff like, "The patient's daughter is very upset, but, if you do this/this/this, she'll be okay, but, don't do "X" cuz that freaks her right out."
and stuff like that.
You also can't ask things like, "Are you kidding me? Who ordered THAT?"


also, these kind of reports take way longer, imo. Seems like about 25% of the patients will have some kind of request while you are trying to give report (yes, even if you JUST made last rounds asking if anyone needs anything...)

Time consuming, but this seems to be to model that everyone is switching to. What I do is give them the down and dirty at the nurses station and the sweet fluffy, 'This is so and so who had x surgery yesterday' in the room.

I thought bedside reporting was a JCAHO requirement?

No one likes at my hospital. No one really does report at the bedside, either. It is too time-consuming. I would much rather give report at the nurse's station then round with the oncoming nurse to introduce them to the patient and just do a quick eyeball check.

I like it because It helps the pt be more involved in their care and reiterates the plan of care for them.I was a pt once and had my nurses done bedside report I would not have been so confused as to why one nurses plan of care was so opposite from the other.It was frustrating because I had no idea which nurses plan was right???I was on so many pain meds that it made me uneasy to ask the questions I needed to.
It is rough being a pt.You are vulnerable, wearing, next to nothing, and you feel like people are doing things at record speed and you have no time or inkling to ask a question. Yuk!

Pt's getting to hear nurses report off gives the pt a sense that we know what is going on and pt' s end up trusting and respecting us more.Also pt's hearing report given over and over really understand what is going on,can ask questions, and tend to be less anxious.

I also like it because I don't want to have a preconceived notion of what a pt or family is like through someone else.I want to see with my own eyes.If there is a sensitive topic like a new CA DX and the pt does not know yet then of course you would discuss this outside of the room.

If you develop a streamline system of giving report by just giving essential info.your report should take just a couple of minutes. Everyhting else can be found in the chart.

Help me get into medsurg please, im a new grad