Implementing Changes in Critical Care Shift Report

Have you ever had to do overtime in the critical care unit due to a lengthy report that could have been avoided? Have you ever analyzed whether all of the information given in a report was relevant and useful to all who heard it? Have you ever passed on information or messages through a report only to have them change into an unrecognizable form? Have you ever wondered how a report could be made to be more efficient? The authors describe a method for streamlining the shift report.