What are some of the silly things that are expected in your handoff report?

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I mean, that are specific to your hospital. At my old hospital we were always supposed to say whether the pt needed flu or pneumonia vaccine, but guess what, in the year I worked there, I administered a flu vaccine exactly one time. So why was it so important that we report on that?

At my new hospital we are expected to report on what antibiotics the pt is receiving. I don't see why that necessarily needs to be included in the handoff report...

Any particulars at your hospital?

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1 hour ago, MyAimIsTrue said:

I mean, that are specific to your hospital. At my old hospital we were always supposed to say whether the pt needed flu or pneumonia vaccine, but guess what, in the year I worked there, I administered a flu vaccine exactly one time. So why was it so important that we report on that?

I believe that has to do with Joint Commission Core Measures. It's on our admission charting and hand off sheets, too.

We really don't have anything strange to report, just the usual. Some staff have preferences, but it's nothing official.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Not specific to any hospital, but a question during report that has always driven me nuts is when I tell them they have bilateral PIVs, one 18 and one 20, they want to know whether it's the left arm where the 20 is in the forearm or the right.  It's the brightly colored thing taped to their arm, if you feel you won't be able to find it unless I specify that during report then that's concerning.

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Nothing specific at my hospital.  Some people are just  annoying and want to drag out report on one patient for 30 minutes.  Drives me insane.  

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Specializes in New Critical care NP, Critical care, Med-surg, LTC.

Nothing hospital specific here, either. Just individual annoying people that want all of the last 12 hours packaged up into a 5 minute report. I'm not going to report a complete assessment, you can use your own stethoscope. 

I just let the other person tell me whatever they want, I'm going to look up anything that's relevant to me anyway.

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Specializes in Mental health, substance abuse, geriatrics, PCU.

I'll take as little or as much report as your want to give, but I prefer little, just hit the highlights cause I can look all the other crap up. Right now my facility is on a big kick about ted hose, and I could give a rat's behind when I first come in on my shift about knowing who has ted hose. But I better know because I got told off one morning for not knowing if suzie Q had her ted hose on and was told that next instance would be "reported" if I didn't pass it on. I just chuckled and told her to do what she felt she needed to do to keep the patients "safe".

People get so wrapped up in certain details.

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Specializes in SCRN.

Bedside report is expected.

Nothing really specific.

They also want us to log into the computer in the patient's room and have 2 nurses stare at on-screen handoff sheet while doing the report. Yeap. 

 

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I like to know if the patient is on the call light often, if the family is challenging, and if they are a doctor/nurse.

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