Handoff Reflection

I believe the hand off was very successful. I gained a great deal of information about my client from my nurse partner. She was knowledgeable, well informed, and open to answering any questions I had pertaining to the information in the chart I did not understand. The hand off opened up an imaginary door to the client so that I could learn a small amount about him medically, physically and personally before we even met each other. I believe as a social worker, this gave me an advantage. The handoff provided me with lab results, medications that the client was currently on, current vitals, and the reason he was there. That information, on top of the insight, information and recommendations given by the nurse was beneficial in guiding me with the questions I was going to ask the client during the assessment.
I do not believe I would have wanted to ask the nursing partner any further questions. I felt that the questions I had asked her were sufficient in gathering enough information about the client to begin the
I believe that was due to all of the questions I wanted to ask the client in the assessment process. It was also time to build rapport, to meet the client where he was in the moment, and of course to be genuine. I believe anything after that is pretty much repetitious although, I did get some other information after those 20 minutes that I believed to be very useful and had not been stated prior. Assessing a client is second nature or it should be, but at the same time it is nothing to dive into without being cautious of where the client is at the time. We as social workers cannot fire off questions like we are shooting off a machine gun, the questions should be thoughtful, purposeful and caring. We need to take into consideration the client’s health and well-being, vulnerability and other factors that may be present at the time of the