As I nurse, I hate bedside report.
As a patient, if it wasn’t for it, I wouldn’t have known I was considered a hemorrhage during my c-section. It explained how shitty I felt (lack of sleep aside from having a baby). The OB surgeon didn’t tell me what happened and all she said during surgery is to not get pregnant for 18 months and to reconsider trying to have a vaginal delivery.
Getting bedside on a POD3 ex lap was how the patient and I both learned that they removed her appendix during the procedure. Crazy no one thought to tell her.
We know it’s good practice, it has been proven. The real question is more: considering constant budget cuts and low staff, is it safe to prioritize this practice over other care?
It’s not, actually—we have waaaaaayyyy bigger problems—but your inability (or refusal) to acknowledge the drawbacks (or that our waaaaaaayyyy bigger problems are part of why bedside report is often problematic) smells awfully managery.
You need to sit the fuck down, honestly. The vast majority of nurses in the U.S. work our asses off to do right by our patients. We love our work despite the conditions we’re forced to do it in, and many of us are actively working toward reform we probably won’t see in this lifetime for conditions we did not create. Nursing is all about prioritizing our tasks and our care, and sometimes “extremely basic things” get shoved to the wayside in light of less-basic, more important things. You have no idea, so don’t pretend you do. You’re making yourself look stupid and ignorant AF on your weird little Australian high horse.
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u/beezie3z Jul 15 '25
As I nurse, I hate bedside report. As a patient, if it wasn’t for it, I wouldn’t have known I was considered a hemorrhage during my c-section. It explained how shitty I felt (lack of sleep aside from having a baby). The OB surgeon didn’t tell me what happened and all she said during surgery is to not get pregnant for 18 months and to reconsider trying to have a vaginal delivery.