Do you consider it helpful or not to be given a Pt’s attitude during a report?

[DesiDani]

Or the visiting family members? Do you welcome it or do you find that it prejudice the report (does that make sense?). If you feel that a patients or family demeanor is important to pass along during a report, how do you word it?

Let's say you neglect to mention that a patient makes derogatory comments to you. The family member watches EVERYTHING you do like a FBI probe notes, names, and all. Would that lack of info matter to you?

[DesiDani]

If it's a personality conflict between the nurse giving report and the patient/family I prefer not to know. It makes me anxious going in and sets up a biased attitude. I prefer going in as a blank slate, unless there is a very serious, documentable issue that I need to know about.

So you don't want to know that the husband has got directly into the face of every nurse to the point that a code had been called once? It has nothing to do with the patient, so...

[Flatline, BSN, RN]

So you don't want to know that the husband has got directly into the face of every nurse to the point that a code had been called once? It has nothing to do with the patient, so...

Would you consider having to almost call a code "very serious" as the poster stated? I certainly would.

What I think the poster meant is that she does not want to know the regular low-level personality stuff but very much so wants to know "the this person is a danger to the patient or staff" kind of stuff.

[Flatline, BSN, RN]

Who is consenting to what? Can you expound for those of us that don't understand? Is this not part of the patient report and continuing care? It's not part of the documentation, but part of the conversation. I would be interested in hearing more.

Some states require that all parties consent to audio or video recording if they are in a place to expect reasonable privacy. There are some exceptions like when a crime is being committed, etc.

[NurseFries, BSN, RN]

Yes definitely!

[kaylee.]

I welcome learning things like this during report...i take it with a grain of salt though, and consider the nurse who is complaining.

Sometimes its alot about how that nurse and the pt interacted, and often it helps so i can be a little more sensitive to the patient and we end up having zero problems.

While it does make me a little anxious to learn that a family member is out of control demanding, id rather know in advance to rather than being thrown totally off guard expecting normal reasonable people. This surprise tends to trigger my anxiety centers far more.

So yeah knowing is good, keeping in perspective and being able to adjust your approach is useful.

[A.Robins]

I definitely like to know if the child or the parents are difficult, because as others have said it gives me a chance to go in and try to calm things or find a way that works, if possible.

[Orion81RN]

I want to know the facts without it being gossipy. State what happened, how you responded, how they responded and the outcome. So, yeah, I want to know. I just don't want report to be a time to vent or gossip about it. THAT could make my shift start off badly (bad mood wise.)

[3ringnursing, BSN]

Every little bit helps. Especially if it diffuses a massive blow out behavior wise. It certainly can't hurt.

Sometimes the off going nurse needs a nonjudgmental source to vent to try to not take it home with them. I have a great friend that we both use each other as a sounding board for stress. It helps. A lot.

[DesiDani]

Would you consider having to almost call a code "very serious" as the poster stated? I certainly would.

What I think the poster meant is that she does not want to know the regular low-level personality stuff but very much so wants to know "the this person is a danger to the patient or staff" kind of stuff.

Believe it or not a nurse did neglect to tell the oncoming nurse a pt had a violent blowup. Yep he did it again

[emtqro88]

Yes, it helps. As long as it is with the intention to help me understand what kind of patient it is and what kind of interactions I may have.

[hppygr8ful, ASN, RN, EMT-I]

As a psych nurse I certainly do feel this is relevant information!

[db2xs]

You won't need to describe the family during bedside report because they will be there and their behaviour will speak for itself.

At our hospital, if we have something to talk about that involves family behavior, etc., we do that once we leave the room. Their behavior is not always obvious when you're giving bedside report, esp in the morning and the patient and/or family member is sleepy