So all my floor and ICU nurses . . .
Ever get a report from ED that sounded something like this:
“Older female, came in with acute ischemic stroke, started tPA at 20:30, NIH 18, L side weakness, vented, VSS”?
As an ICU or floor nurse we are left thinking . . . what the hell? What about everything else!?!
Ever wonder why report between service lines is so different?
We all have different jobs and different focuses.
In this episode we talk about the differences in nursing report between ED, ICU, and the floor . . . and why those differences are essential. . . and GOOD.
Click above to listen. We also created a massive database of nursing report and brain sheets which you can get here.
ED vs ICU vs The Floor
There is a strange competition between different floors in the hospital.
Because other floors do things differently . . . we assume they do it the wrong way.
It doesn’t have to be this way!
This competition and cliqueiness has always been funny/sad to me.
Our team here at NRSNG comes from a wide range of service areas in the hospital including:
- Peds
- ICU
- ED
- MedSurg
- Progressive Care
And you know what’s crazy?? We all get along! We all respect the skills and specialization of the other nurse.
The reason report and care is so different on each floor is because the patient has vastly different needs as they progress through the hospital.
The ED nurse didn’t see the Stage 2 pressure ulcer on the coccyx of the Acute MI patient because . . . they didn’t look . . . and you know what??? That’s okay. They are in the middle of saving a patient from dying of a heart attack.
Scroll up listen to the episode and be nice to your fellow nurse!
Happy Nursing!
