How to Organize a Nursing Report Sheet

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Having trouble figuring out how to organize your day as a nurse? I've been there! After 5 years I've come up with a system that works for me. This is my "nursing brain" and also what I use to give report off of/write report on. I have found that having an organized template, that allows me to cross each item off when I have completed it has helped me organize my day so much!
What tips do you guys have for organizing your report sheets?? Let me know in the comments!!
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all the information in this video is completely made up, no actual patient info was used

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@yeseniaremon33 4 жыл бұрын

I bet whoever gets report from you feels so blessed. There are many nurses who just write down the most vague information. You have a very in-depth brain! Love this!

@NurseLiz 4 жыл бұрын

We used these standard on our unit! It was so so helpful!

@armandogonzalezrn 5 жыл бұрын

Because I lose my brain in the nurses' station, I print mine on fluorescent cardstock. That way it's more durable and easy to find in a sea of white.

@NurseLiz 5 жыл бұрын

That is genius!

@caseybear4517 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Liz! You truly have such a kind heart to be doing your nursing job AND putting so much helpful info on youtube! I really appreciate it. I know this video is 5 years old at this point, but wanted to share the love! :)

@YelenaElle 4 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely so brilliant! Thank you so much for this, I really am going to use this! ♥️

@kendraward2347 4 жыл бұрын

Currently doing a nurse externship and am going into my last semester of nursing school and all of your videos are so helpful and encouraging! Thank you so much for putting all of these together, I am already terrified of graduating and all the responsibilities that come with it so these videos are helpful in providing me with real and tangible ways I can combat the anxiety and take steps to improve my skills so that I can become the nurse that I aspire to be. :)

@kaylabivens7036 6 жыл бұрын

this is awesome! as a nursing student having to do concept maps and paperwork this could be helpful to condense a majority of the information you may need to use. I'm going to start using this in clinical thanks!

@NurseLiz 6 жыл бұрын

Kayla Bivens so glad it was helpful! Good luck with the rest of your semester!

@dotherightthingp5110 5 жыл бұрын

Liz, your organizational skill is great! Thank you.

@NurseLiz 5 жыл бұрын

So glad it’s helpful!

@haleyd7294 5 жыл бұрын

This is the most helpful video I have ever come across! My professors are such firm believers that you always have to be super nurse and remember every minute detail about all of your patients. I have always carried a small notebook in my scrub top to take little notes about their assessment or something I think I may forget to ask the doctor when she comes around, but this seems sooooo much better and more organized! Definitely will be sharing with all my nursing friends!

@NurseLiz 5 жыл бұрын

Best compliment ever! Thanks!!

@AFCreative500 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for providing a wonderful tutorial on nursing report

@NurseLiz 6 жыл бұрын

Ashley Flowers you are so welcome! Thanks for watching 🙂

@Mandy4578 4 жыл бұрын

Sooo helpful! And what a calming voice to listen to too! Thanks

@bobaarmy6452 6 жыл бұрын

This is so helpful. Thanks so much for sharing. I start my first job as a new grad in med-surg/Oncology and this is gonna help me stay organized. I also liked your night shift videos b/c I’m gonna be working nights and you give a lot of good tips.

@NurseLiz 6 жыл бұрын

Marisol Armenta congratulations on your new job!! So exciting 🙂 night shift people are great! Best of luck to you!

@lnharris1987 6 ай бұрын

Your hand writing is so beautiful ❤

@norberto1090 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. I just got back to nursing or being a nurse and this will help

@NurseLiz 5 жыл бұрын

Hope the transition is going well for you!

@christieg3249 5 жыл бұрын

Thank You! I have been trying numerous different charts but they don't suit me. This seems to be more up my alley! Thank You!

@NurseLiz 5 жыл бұрын

so glad it was helpful! It takes awhile to tweak one to be exactly what you need, so definitely play around until you find out what works the best!

@904Kellyy 3 жыл бұрын

This is so helpful. Thank you

@kathleenoneill7551 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Perfect for clinicals.

@NurseLiz 5 жыл бұрын

glad it was helpful! :)

@nurse_shellz 6 жыл бұрын

Great organizational skills girlie 👌🏾

@NurseLiz 6 жыл бұрын

Shellbie Thompson thank you!

@AlexKenas 3 жыл бұрын

If I was a hospital administrator, I would mandate that all staff members learn how to make handwritten reports since hospital computer networks have been compromised with ransomware and such attacks and blackouts can and will happen again in time. I would also recommend mechanical typewriters if typed reports are mandatory. I would also discourage staff from using the hospital's wifi for personal devices. I cannot see myself as a pediatrician although I excel at neurology, endocrinology, cardiology, and nutrition. I am currently trying to go to school on a Title IV loan and I will try to be thrifty in order to owe less out-of-pocket. I made a video rebuttal against sugar hysteria in which I used my basic nutrition textbook.

@christinachancellor4206 3 жыл бұрын

This is GREAT thank you!!

@brandond31 4 жыл бұрын

I start nursing school in January. We do med surge first. Just watching this video has overwhelmed me omg ;_;

@NurseLiz 4 жыл бұрын

You'll get there!

@Laura-ch7fl 5 жыл бұрын

I love love your nurse brain. Thanks. I made my own following your pattern and a lot of nurses love it. I give you the credit though. Btw...you look so exceptionally pretty in this video!

@NurseLiz 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! So glad it’s been working for you!

@O_G407 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent report...

@gabysmiles16 4 жыл бұрын

Ok I work in a critical care unit and this is so helpful

@Wilgft23 4 жыл бұрын

Could you post a printable version of this?! I love it

@NurseLiz 4 жыл бұрын

I don't have a printable version, sorry!

@jessicasanghera6347 5 жыл бұрын

I am so happy to have found you!!!

@NurseLiz 5 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you are here as well!

@Mssparklez85 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! This is very helpful. Going from LTC to hospital and I know report is a lot different because the pts change more freq than LTC....so you have to give full report on all them and its giving me anxiety.

@NurseLiz 5 жыл бұрын

You got this!

@Jesus-eg3yb Жыл бұрын

This was a great.

@LanceDaPsycho 5 жыл бұрын

I just started my 4th semester (maternity/peds) and this video nearly turned my brain to mush....and it’s for ONE patient. 😂😂😂 I better revisit this video q2h and make it second nature, otherwise I’m gonna be sent to the psych ward.

@NurseLiz 5 жыл бұрын

😂 you’ll get there!

@ayrpiobaire 5 жыл бұрын

In another video I think you said you arrive just before report and your first 3hrs are super busy. When do you have time to write down all this great info? I always have to arrive 30min early to look up my patients and make notes. I’d love to use this format but just wondering at what point in your shift you do this. Thanks!

@NurseLiz 5 жыл бұрын

Hey! So I usually write it down during report, like whatever they are saying I jot down in the category. Then after report I get on a computer and would spent 5-10 minutes filling in the blanks and looking over orders. Then get busy! For my first year as a nurse I would show up early like you mentioned because I wasn't yet comfortable with doing it this way. It definitely came with time! and some of the information, such as complex history I wouldnt have a chance to look at until way later in the shift when things calmed down.

@laurencassady7965 4 жыл бұрын

Just wondering because it seems like a somewhat lengthy process, when do you sit down to put all the info for each patient? Before your shift starts, while you're getting report, etc.?

@NurseLiz 4 жыл бұрын

I usually just wrote it down if I got to work 5 minutes early. It took me about 2 minutes a patient, so about 8-10 minutes. I'd finish it up after report or during it.

@msaleciavaz 4 жыл бұрын

Same thing I was thinking when and where does she have the time to do this written chart....smhhh,,,

@NurseLiz 4 жыл бұрын

msaleciavaz i only hand wrote the chart for the video. The actual chart is pre made and I just grabbed it when I walked on the unit.

@drewcarson2422 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@NurseLiz 2 жыл бұрын

of course! Thank YOU for the super sticker!

@ocaeocae Жыл бұрын

Do you use this same method as a FNP?

@lizzy5437 3 жыл бұрын

I never use the word Clutch. But that is the best way to describe this.

@b00kem22 5 жыл бұрын

is a new sheet written each shift? how long does it take from start to finish?

@NurseLiz 5 жыл бұрын

The template is already there, so I just have to fill it in at the beginning of each shift. It usually took me about 10 minutes to look up 4 patients and fill this out for them.

@jessicaobrien5014 5 жыл бұрын

So you just make your own template, print it out, and bring it to work with you? Would you do this for clinicals too?

@NurseLiz 5 жыл бұрын

I just have a master copy that I printed a bunch of at work and left them there. I didn't do it for clinical, but you could!

@Izzzy_m 4 жыл бұрын

You were saying you have this as a printable, would you ever consider sharing it?

@NurseLiz 4 жыл бұрын

I don’t work there anymore and didn’t create it so I couldn’t share it 😖

@OperationFoxley19441 4 жыл бұрын

In the UK we have 10 patients!!

@NurseLiz 4 жыл бұрын

holy crap! Thats a ton

@OperationFoxley19441 4 жыл бұрын

@@NurseLiz Staff shortage is a big issue, when one of my colleagues complained she was told to work elsewhere. Sad but true, burn out is high, nurses off work due to stress is high. But the issue is funding the NHS is so underfunded

@moonjellytots 4 жыл бұрын

@@OperationFoxley19441 In Wales, we get 15 patients to 1 nurse in some places. Apparently we have patient to nurse ratio legislation (I think it's 7?) but I've never seen it in action.

@Rocky-co3fv 5 жыл бұрын

What does L/D/A's mean?

@NurseLiz 5 жыл бұрын

Lines, drains, and maybe accessories haha. Not honestly sure about the a haha

@Rocky-co3fv 5 жыл бұрын

@@NurseLiz Thanks for the fast reply. I texted my buddy who works in med-surg, he said they usually use it as line drainage and airway. I learned something new today ^_^

@NurseLiz 5 жыл бұрын

Omg yes duh. Wow. Pregnancy brain is real 😂