Nurses General Nursing
Published Jul 22, 2003
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Tweety, BSN, RN
34,248 Posts
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
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.