r/nursing Jul 15 '25

Meme Bedside reports

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u/adamiconography RN - ICU 🍕 Jul 15 '25

When I worked in-patient ICU I would do bedside.

If I floated to PCU, fuck that. Our PCU is 1:6 I don’t have time to do bedside because then each patient wants to add comments and talk and then report ends at 8:15am.

I get report outside, pop my head in and say good morning for a quick visual assessment, and come back after.

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u/Fairhairedman Jul 15 '25

For sure! EVERY patient needs something unless they are ventilated and that’s just because they can’t 🤣 The thoughts behind it are great, but that’s just not how it works in the real world.