I am wondering how many floors use "Walking Rounds" as a means of shift to shift report.
1) How do you go about it?
2) What if a patient needs something during this time (call lights,help to bathroom, pain meds, dr phone calls, etc).
3) How do charge nurses handle getting report on the whole floor
4)Do your patients like them?
5) What if a nurse is running late, or has to leave early and someone is covering her patients for a short time?
6) Night shift to day shift is more nurses getting report from less nurses and visa versa
We are going to have to start them soon, work on a busy floor and mornings for the patients are already so busy for them with lab, doctors, therapy and they already complain that they don't get enough sleep/
We are trying to make this a smooth transition for both staff and patients, but really have been given no info on how to implement it other than an article on the subject to read. Thanks for any info you can give.
We just started to round. The problem I have is that we tape report so by the time the nurses listen to the taped report on all 18 patients it is time for our shift to be over. They come out of report and then you have to find out who has your patients which is always a combination of 2 to 3 different nurses. You then have to wait in line to take your nurse to the room for introductions. heaven help you if you still have paperwork to finish or the patient really needs to go to the bathroom because we do not have techs.
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We just started to round. The problem I have is that we tape report so by the time the nurses listen to the taped report on all 18 patients it is time for our shift to be over. They come out of report and then you have to find out who has your patients which is always a combination of 2 to 3 different nurses. You then have to wait in line to take your nurse to the room for introductions. heaven help you if you still have paperwork to finish or the patient really needs to go to the bathroom because we do not have techs.