Shift change incident--Who's responsibility?

[qestout]

If your shift ends, but you're staying to do paperwork (overtime) and you need to double check the patient you're charting about--and while you're in the room, the CNA doing cares discovers a skin tear on the other roommate. You look at it, and tell the incoming nurse. Should they say, "You do it, it was reported to you" or do they go assess and chart/do incident report because their shift started?

[learninmama]

I guess my facility is a little different. Thankfully both of my oncoming nurses are awesome...so it'd truly depend on how busy they were. If they were busy I'd go ahead & fill everything out etc without blinking an eye. If it was slower I know they'd take over in a heartbeat so I could get out of there...something to be said for team work.

[Forever Sunshine, ASN, RN]

That is the responsibility of the oncoming shift. You can't stay there all night and tie up every loose end or you would never get out of there.

Once I count with oncoming shift and give the keys over (which i try to do so as close to 11pm as possible).. my focus is to finish my charting and go home. I do not answer call bells, I do not answer bed alarms, I do not answer anything.

[GooeyRN, ADN, BSN, CNA, LPN, RN]

If you were already supposed to be gone, it isn't for you to do. You are responsible for what happens on your shift. It was no longer your shift, you were just finishing paperwork. The oncoming can take a look at it just like you did.