This document discusses the benefits of bedside nurse report compared to report given outside the patient's room. Studies have found that implementing bedside report decreased falls and increased patient satisfaction. Nurses reported that bedside reports were more thorough and provided a clearer picture of the patient's condition, although it initially took more time. The document recommends that nurses, managers, and charge nurses support bedside reporting and monitor its use to ensure adherence to the new policy.

1. FINDING THE EVIDENCE
Does the employment of bedside report between nurses
including their patients versus report given outside the
patient’s room decrease preventative poor outcomes while
improving patient satisfaction and safety within the hospital
setting?

2. SHOW ME THE FACTS…
Findings after implementing the bedside report showed through use of gathering data
from surveys completed by patients and their family members, that patient’s
satisfaction was scored “high” at baseline, and before and after the introduction of
bedside report (Sand-Jecklin & Sherman, 2014).

3. A DECREASE IN ERROR…
Bedside reports reduce the risk for medication errors because of a 2-step identifier
method used between the nurses within report. (Lippincott Solution, 2017).

4. WHAT DO THE NURSES
SAY ABOUT IT?
Nurses report that although bedside reporting caused
an increase in the amount of time it took to take
report, they found that their reports were more
thorough and the nurse was able to receive a clear
picture about what was going on with their patients
(McAllen et al., 2018)

5. FALLS ARE ON THE
DECLINE!
A study showed that after implementation of bedside
report after 13 months, the study results showed that
the number of patients who fell decreased from 20 at
pre-implementation to 13 at 3 months after
implementation, to 4 after 13 months of
implementation of bedside report (Sand-Jecklin &
Sherman, 2014).

6. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGE IN
PRACTICE
1.
Nurses will build to be innovative in
how they give report at the bedside
and support patient inclusion of
report topic of discussion.
2.
Managers and shift charge nurses
will monitor to ensure that nurses
are adhering to report at the bedside
and not within the nurse’s station.
3.
1, 6, & 12 month one-on-one meetings
with charge nurse/manager to track
adherence to new bedside nurse
policy implementation. Nurses who
fail to adhere to bedside reporting
policy will be provided education.

7. References
Lippincott Solutions. (2017). Bedside Shift Reports Can Save Lives. Wolters
Kluwer. Retrieved from
http://lippincottsolutions.lww.com/blog.entry.html/2017/11/27/bedside_shift_re port-
dMev.html
McAllen, E.R., Stephens, K., Swanson-Biearman, B., Kerr, K., Whiteman, K. (2018). Moving
Shift Report to the Bedside: An Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Project. The Online
Journal of Issues in Nursing, 23(2), doi: 10.3912/OJIN.Vol23No02PPT22
Sand-Jecklin, K., & Sherman, J. (2014). A quantitative assessment of patient and nurse
outcomes of bedside report implementation. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 23 (19-20),
2854-2863. doi:10.111/jocn.12575

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