EnlightenMeRN

Thanks for all the replies! Very helpful! Right now I'm in a residency program at a large hospital, so I am kind of getting a taste of different floors by working a few days on each. I'm not really sure which floor I'll end up on, although I figure it will be some type of med-surg floor.

Hello all, I am new to allnurses.com and also new to nursing. I'm curious to know what items you feel are critical to know/tell in report and what items would you rather be left out and found on your own. After introducing the patient, what they came in for, and a brief history, is there a specific order you go in when giving report? Do you do a review of systems when giving report or just mention pertinent assessments? I just want to make sure I don't give a horribly disorganized and uninformative report and that I know what items are critical to be aware of when receiving report... Thanks for any replies!