Poll: What type of report?

Nothing like a verbal report. From bedside nurse to charge nurse. From charge nurse to oncoming shift.

Our charge RN gives us a brief report on all of the patients in the unit, then we do an indepth report on our individual patients with the RN that has been working with them throughout the day. I work in critical care, we have 16 beds so we are usually only giving the indepth individual report on 1-3 patients.

Nurse to nurse...wouldn't have it any other way.

On postpartum we tape report. Works well for us and we are out the door 9 times out of 10 by 2330. On L&D we give verbal report....

We do nurse to nurse, and it's good, but at least with taped report you have a chance of getting out on time.

but the nurses are allowed to write there report on paper if they wish at one of my per diem jobs. Most do not. I actually do like the paper ones, especially if the oncoming nurse is very late. I can just hand her the paper. If the oncoming nurse is ontime, I will usually give a verbal.

We have a written report, but we go over it with the oncoming shift in case they have any questions before we leave.

Nurse to nurse, we've got to have an opportunity to ask questions.

Nurse to nurse. Works well for me.

There's a med-surg unit that uses a written report. You fill out a form and leave it in the bedside chart for the next shift. You leave without talking to them. At first they resisted it. Now they love it because the get out quicker.

The last bedside nursing job I did, we did oral report. We had a lot of BS that took forever to get out on time. I think written report is good on most occasions so that they can ask questions after they have seen the report. That gives you more of a chance to get out on time!! :)

Nurse to nurse. Good way to make sure important stuff is communicated, but BAD for leaving on time!