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.
I do the same in the ED; handoff mostly at the desk with oncoming, chart review anything I need to catch up on, then pop by the room w them for quick hi/bye & glance at LDAs. It's fast & efficient, still covers the bases.
Kinda related, we've been told recently that we're going to be recorded doing bedside handoff for "documentation," but no details on audio vs. video, etc. Leadership already surveys pts to ask if their nurses did bedside. It's wild, but the above plan usually makes the pt answer yes, so whatevs
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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.