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We have npr reports across med/surg, tele, mother/baby, etc that are used in conjunction w/ the profile format. The profile format contains the current ADS, orders in defined categories, & the plan of care - this remains at the nursing station & is used by all. The npr is one page per patient & has a brief history, list of procedures, risks (falls, skin, etc), pain & acceptable level, also last documented assessments (CV, resp, skin, etc) selected interventions code status w/ text, vs w/ freq, etc. The nursing techs/assistants have a trimmed down version. I don't think it is a step back at all - in fact it can be used effectively to promote consistent safe communication with the bonus of complying with the handoff standard. Erin Blind Applications Analyst St. Joseph Medical Center Towson, MD 21204 p-410.337.3974 f-410.427.5432 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lea Goodwin Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 4:10 PM To: meditech-l@MTUsers.com Subject: [MEDITECH-L] Nurse Reporting Between Shifts?? All messages should be posted in plain text. HTML will be converted to attachments. The meditech-l web site is MTUsers.com ====================================== All, I am having issues with our nursing staff because they are not happy with the current documentation that they use for reporting on patients between shifts. They originally had a manual process using a tri-fold Cardex that they would write information on. This then changed to a JOT sheet printed from Meditech that listed the patients on the units and their information from the system. We now have print profiles set up in Meditech and they were using a Cardex printed from a patient profile, but now are not happy with that. New issue is that they want me to create an NPR report to pull patient information, but be similar to their original tri-fold Cardex they could write on. I feel we are taking a step backwards and need to utilize the Print Patient Profile function to obtain all the orders in the system and ensure the nurses on the last shift actually entered orders as requested. I'm not sure which way we should go with this request from here. What are other hospitals doing to handle reports between nurses during shift change??? Thank you in advance for any and all responses. Lea Goodwin Programmer Analyst, Information Systems Lane Regional Medical Center (225) 658-4410 Office (225) 658-4356 Fax _______________________________________________ meditech-l mailing list meditech-l@MTUsers.com http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l The information in this communication is confidential and private and intended only for the use of the addressee. Unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you received this communication in error, please destroy it and inform us of the erroneous delivery by return e-mail. Thank you for your cooperation. _______________________________________________ meditech-l mailing list meditech-l@MTUsers.com http://mtusers.com/mailman/listinfo/meditech-l
