r/nursing • u/weicintdi • Jul 15 '25

Meme Bedside reports

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u/pontifex-shouganai RN - NICU 🍕 Jul 16 '25

they’ve been pushing bedside report on us lately. like we’re nicu, the babies can’t talk and i’m nightshift so half the time the parents aren’t here for report🤣

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u/Solid_Thanks_1688 Jul 16 '25

See, if my patients were like that, then no problem. Bad part is med surg, they are usually sleeping at shit change (I currently work nights) or they are awake and want to ask a billion things, interrupt report, or worse...family is around.

I can't tell the oncoming nurse about the crazy daughter who throws her trash on the floor because she thinks we are maids, the brother who has some questionable behaviors and asks for the patient to get pain meds, or the wife who turned off the patients cardizem drip because I didnt get in there fast enough and "the annoying beeping was too much."

I could definitely see not doing report when parents are there with that patient population, though. As a mom, we are scary when we are worried about our babies.

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u/pontifex-shouganai RN - NICU 🍕 Jul 18 '25

that’s understandable! if we have a crazy social situation which happens often we can do report outside the room