Handing over Report in Nursing Homes

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Hi Nurses,

I have recently accepted a position as the Nurse supervisor of a long-term care facility for Elderly and special needs. Prior, I spent most of my nursing years at the bedside in acute care facilities.

I have searched the internet high and low for some tips, sample forms, templates or even conversations on handing over report during shift exchange for nursing homes, bearing in mind that the patients are long term so their diagnosis, medications etc... very rarely change.

Can some one please help me with something standard, or share with me what you or your institution do.

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Have you gone to Pinterest and put in Nursing brain sheets? They have them for every type of nursing.

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Specializes in Psych (25 years), Medical (15 years).

Hi Turks Nurse! Welcome to AN.com!

Check out these forums:

https://allnurses.com/geriatric-nurses-ltc/

https://allnurses.com/nurse-management/

Good luck in your new position!

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Definitely head over to the LTC section to read up. Report is going to be vastly different than acute care and will depend on two things. Has the nurse had the assignment before and are there new residents?

New admits...They get more attention. I will give a complete head to toe report more like the hospital report. Age, past medical hx, significant info from the hospital stay, why admitted to our snf, LOC, diet order, meds whole or crushed, transfer status/ assistance needed, wounds, etc.

Regular report...we go down the list/ hall/ room assignment. If there is anything new (labs, orders, falls, etc) then we list it. If not..we move on. Report and assessments are very focused.

If I haven't worked in a while, I go in a few minutes early and check charts and get my own little report before actual report.

My cheat sheet just lists room #, name and a section for notes.

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