New to ICU-report sheet?

the sheet you devised were extremely helpful to me, as a new MICU nurse to organize my very hectic and always changing day.

I do the same thing! I buy four color pens and have my system down: black for routine things, green for report, blue for new orders, and red for urgent matters and must-remember items (ex. allergies, procedures, etc). It keeps me organized at a quick glance.

SBAR. Look it up-. It's new national patient safety issue. From the National Institutes of Health. SHow this to your leadership. http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Topics/Patien...efingModel.htm

Unfortunately I can't just attach my report sheet to this post. I do have one that works very well for me in the icu. I've been using it for about 1 year now. Basically it covers the following:

pt id info/admit date
mds and consults
dx
recent history
remote history
drips
a list of almost all commonly done labs with lines to fill in for several days
system by system sections with a few prompts thrown in to make sure I hit everything in each system including incisions/ulcers/activity and whether they were bathed or not.
area for vent settings and ABGs for a few days
ett placement/size
area for swan readings: co, ci,...
area for radiology, cultures and other test results
and a handy check list section covering things like:
iv bags/tubing changed
labs drawn and sent
daily wt
wean eval
etc

I use my sheet over several days and keep adding to it. I try to write in pencil so I can update and change each day I have that pt. I'd be happy to e-mail a copy to anyone interested. It's in a wps format.

Would you mind sending me a copy via private message?
Thanks!

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Thank you.

That report sheet looks great, but I have a question as to what the numbers 01-07 and 20-24 are for?

Thanks

Those are the times in 24 hour format for a 12 hour night shift.

Thanks ...

SBAR is for communicating with the MD, PA, or NP you are calling to discuss a change in your patient's status. My hospital uses it and it is a wonderful tool for this, but I would not use it for giving nurse to nurse report.