Reporting Types
A nurse provides a summary of a patient's condition to another unit or facility.
What is transfer reports?
Both the communicating and the receiving people must be available at the same time.
What is face-to-face communication?
What is purposeful rounding?
Links health care professionals immediately and enables nurses to receive and give critical information about patients in a timely fashion.
What is telephone reporting?
A record of the conversation is available.
What is written conversation?
Sending or guiding the patient to another source for assistance.
What is a referral?
Given by the primary nurse to the nurse replacing him or her.
What is change-of-shift report or hand-off report?
Messages can be delivered immediately - even to those at a great distance.
What is computer communication?
A group of nurses visit selected patients individually, at each patient's bedside.
What is nursing care rounds?
Nurses play a crucial role in keeping the patient's family and/or significant others updated about the patient's condition and progress toward goal achievement.
What is reports to family and/or significant others?
Only the tone of voice and voice inflections can be communicated - no nonverbal messages.
What is telephone communication?
Inviting another professional to evaluate the patient and make recommendations to you about the patient's treatment.
What is a consultation?