Issues With Report
While report is necessary in order to communicate important information between nurses, various problems are posed by the giving of report.
Nurses in many places are legally not permitted to leave the facility until they have given report. Walking off the job may be considered abandonment, which may be grounds for revocation of the nurse's license. At the same time, facilities are not legally required in all places to pay nurses for the extra time beyond their shift they are forced to stay over to complete report.
While privacy laws require report to be given in a location where patients, visitors, and non-nursing staff cannot hear the report, some facilities prohibit family members from visiting patients during report times.
Read more about this topic: Change-of-shift Report (nursing)
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