OMG! Please Don’t Make Me Take Report from Him . . . (plus Nursing Report Sheet Download) | NURSING.com

Written by Jon Haws, BS, BSN, RN, Alumnus CCRN | 7-Jul

Wait!!!

Don’t take or give another handoff report until you use this nursing report sheet template.

Handoff report is one of those areas that I tend to spend a LOT of time with new grads. My preceptor did the same thing. I remember for about the first month with her she had me do the following:

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Fill out the above report sheet for each patient
Make me give her mock report on each one
Correct the errors
Stand over my shoulder while I gave report

If I were to be honest . . . I hated it . . .

In retrospect, I couldn’t thank her enough for the focus and effort she put on helping me learn how to give a proper report.

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