What type of report do you like best?

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Tweety, BSN, RN

34,248 Posts

Specializes in Med-Surg, Trauma, Ortho, Neuro, Cardiac.

I like nurse to nurse, doesn't necessarily have to be walking rounds, because on walking rounds you can't talk about the patient.

Some floors in our hospital as switched to a written format, which is an all inclusive form they fill out, and I'm getting some good feedback about that. Saves a lot of time apparently.

I don't like taped report because it isn't inclusive of all systems all the time and you can't ask a machine questions.

mattsmom81

4,516 Posts

In ICU I like with at least part of report to go on in the pt room, have a chance to eyeball our patient and ask questions. Now with visitors always around and HIPAA, we can rarely do it. :(

My favorite reports also involve going over the orders, but due to time constraints it isn't always done...and errors are committed because of that. Sometimes I can't get to the charts til midnight, and find things 'missed' then. :(

SmilingBluEyes

20,964 Posts

Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

Renee dear, they follow suit if they want report. If not, I sail out and tell em check the charts. They get the facts from me; if they choose to interrupt or blow me off, that is up to them. But they have learned, I am out of there at 7:30 unless the floor is blowing up. I set the precendent early on for myself.

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