Shift Change Reports In Nursing

Elizabeth, I enjoyed reading your post. Concluding your discussion with the statement that as health care providers we must remove our biases before seeing a patient is also important concept when receiving or giving shift change reports. Nurses must learn to not let their own personal values, attitudes, and biases of a patient negatively affect or influence the care they provide (Giger, 2013, p. 31). These shift change reports should only include information that is pertinent and vital to improving or providing the appropriate care for the patient. Many times I have been told that a patient is mean, uncooperative, pain-seekers, or mentally unstable and I have found the opposite to be true. Nurses need to provide information and facts