goatmountain921

Hello everyone! I'm brand new to the site. I'm a new nurse on a med surge floor, been off orientation for about 3 months. One thing I've had trouble with is hand off. Sometimes when I receive report the information is all over the place. Sometimes I'll go into a little more detail and I can tell the other nurse is getting annoyed. Other times I wont go into as much detail and I can tell the other nurse thinks I'm giving a shoddy report. I wish there was a standardized way to give report (besides SBAR), like a checklist or something that I could hand out. Maybe if a nurse wanted to go into greater detail than what is on the checklist then they can add what they want at the end. My unit supervisor said I should look into this further, and perhaps present what I find at the next staff meeting. I know a lot of nurses have a certain way of doing things and there would be a lot of push back, especially coming from a newbie like me. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on the subject, if so, I would really appreciate it! :)