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Bedside Reporting: Protocols for Improving Patient Care.

Teresa D Ferguson¹, Teresa L Howell²

¹Department of Nursing, St. Claire Regional Medical Center, 222 Medical Circle Drive, Morehead, KY 40351, USA.

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|November 25, 2015

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Bedside reporting, where patients participate in shift changes, improves patient outcomes and satisfaction. This communication strategy enhances accountability for nurses and fosters better patient-provider dialogue.

Keywords:

Bedside reporting Change-of-shift report Hand-off Patient safety and bedside reporting Patient safety goals and the Joint Commission Patient-centered care Shift-to-shift nursing report

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Area of Science:

Nursing
Patient Communication
Healthcare Management

Background:

Shift hand-offs are critical for patient care continuity.
Current communication methods may lack patient involvement.
Bedside reporting is proposed as an improvement.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the benefits of patient inclusion in bedside reporting.
To examine challenges and protocols for effective bedside reporting.
To review nursing research supporting bedside reporting.

Main Methods:

Literature review of nursing research on bedside reporting.
Discussion of benefits, challenges, and protocols.
Analysis of patient inclusion in shift reports.

Main Results:

Patient inclusion enhances outcomes, satisfaction, and accountability.
Dynamic dialogue improves patient-provider communication.
Bedside reporting protocols can manage implementation.

Conclusions:

Bedside reporting with patient involvement is beneficial.
Effective communication strategies are key to patient care.
Further research supports the integration of bedside reporting.