yr.pedsnurse

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1. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

   yr.pedsnurse replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

   And therein lies the problem. Many nurses do not document sufficiently, nor do patients coming from the ED have all of their information presented in EPIC. I just had a patient transported from one of our hospital ED's with no report and very little ...

2. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

   yr.pedsnurse replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

   I totally agree... and hopefully, all of us agree on your points. I have also heard bedside report take forever as the reporting nurse goes over every minute detail like how many bites of banana the patient ate or how many times steps she walked to t...

3. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

   yr.pedsnurse replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

   I for one can say I have personally called the nursing supervisor and filed an unsafe practice report for a patient coming to the floor without anyone on our unit knowing until the patient arrived. Sometimes I am so vocal I am afraid I might get fire...

4. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

   yr.pedsnurse replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

   I guess that is why we are a democracy. I respectfully disagree with your point of view.

5. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

   yr.pedsnurse replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

   you illustrate my point, exactly.

6. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

   yr.pedsnurse replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

   OMG.... seriously?? they transported an unstable patient! He had a bowel perforation. Making the poor guy travel on an elevator, 5 floors up only to turn around and head to the OR which is directly across from the ED? Please... this is basic common s...

7. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

   yr.pedsnurse replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

   A person who is stable one minute can quickly go south the next. That is very short-sighted perspective. And yes, I totally believe it's about the money, not patient safety. Fill all the beds as quickly as they can. Omitting verbal report for any rea...

8. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

   yr.pedsnurse replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

   ok...since you keep asking....here is a good one. An ED nurse gives 4mg of morphine but forgets to chart this off in the EMAR. Patient arrives to our unit in agonizing pain. Floor nurse gives the ordered PRN dose of 4mg of morphine... AGAIN.. not rea...

9. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

   yr.pedsnurse replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

   Since you asked, yes, this did actually happen, and yes, I am working on a research project that will hopefully change the current way we do things to something better. I totally understand your side of the fence where some nurses refuse to answer th...

10. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

    yr.pedsnurse replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Something like a patient coding and you know nothing about them, not even if they are a DNR/DNI because you barely knew they were coming, let alone have time to look them up on the system. Electronic reports give only a small picture about what is go...

11. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

    yr.pedsnurse replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe I need to find a place with the same standard. Thanks for the comment.

12. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

    yr.pedsnurse replied to yr.pedsnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with most of what you said, except that in some cases, as I mentioned, the computer has very little information, including basic information such why the patient is admitted and pertinent past medical history. And yes, we may find other infor...

13. Verbal Hand-off Reports - Are they no longer necessary?

    yr.pedsnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work as an acute care Med-Surg float nurse and my hospital has implemented a new process where patients are being transferred to units from other units, ie. the ED to the floor, ICU to the floor, and from affiliate hospitals to our hospital without...