which comes first ?report or counting narcs

[NurseLoveJoy88]

I give report to two nurses from day shift and the two nurses both pass med on their evening shift this they have go count narcs with either the med nurse or med tech. The problem is that the evening nurses prefer to count first then get report from me. I don't like this because I never leave on time due to the nurses counting first and doing other things in between counting. Also family and other personel will ask me questions while the nurses are counting and it's hard to turn them away. I usually work 7-3 but lately I have been getting off at 330 to 4pm. I just wish I can give my report first then they count. Am I thinking irrational here ?

[roser13, ASN, RN]

Well, you couldn't leave until after counting anyway, could you? What if there's a discrepancy that needs to be resolved with the outgoing shift? So I guess I don't see a difference in which gets done first.....

[NurseLoveJoy88, ASN, RN]

some of you think I'm counting and I'm NOT. I don't pass medications, I'm the charge nurse that have to give report and the nurses count with the med tech or med nurSe.

[roser13, ASN, RN]

As the charge nurse, you don't leave before the narc count is complete, do you? That's my point - not that you're doing the actual counting, but that as the outgoing shift (especially knowing that you're charge), you would not be leaving before the narc count is complete. Thus, what does it matter what comes first - report or narc count.

Right? Isn't that the point of the narc count at shift change....to ensure that the count is accurately passed on to the incoming shift.