"walking Report"?

[APP]

On another htread, a person discussed a situation where, after taking report, they realized they had way too many patients in worse condition than the report lead them to believe, but, because they had takien report, leaving would have been "abandonment". Many of the things that supposedly had been done (according to report) clearly had not, and the report didn;t adequately reflect the patients current conditions.

Someone responded that this is why she always did "walkign Report" going to each patients bedside so any oversights or erros would be apparent while prior shift was there. If the report said a dressing change had been done but hadn't, the nurse going off could be held accountable then and there.

This seems like a very good practice: how common is it?

[SmilingBluEyes]

We don't do it, primarily due to HIPAA Issues, I would believe. Our patient rooms are full of visitors most of the time. Not the time to give report or do the old style "grand rounds" of some places. Report is done in the report room, outside eyes and ears of patients and visitors. In our nursery, no visitors or parents are allowed between 0700-0730 and 1900-1930 for the very same privacy reasons.

[debbieGa]

We do walking report at our hosptial. We first get/give report in the report room and then take the oncoming/outgoing nurse to the rooms. We just introduce the nurse for the next shift and do a quick rundown in the room.