The nurse is preparing the information that will be provided to the st

The nurse is preparing the information that will be provided to the staff on the next shift. Which of the following should the nurse include in the inter-shift report to nursing colleagues?

1. Audit of client care procedures
2. The client’s diagnostic-related group
3. All routine care procedures required by the client
4. Instructions given to the client in a teaching plan

ANSWER

ANS: 4
A change-of-shift report should include instructions given in a teaching plan and the client’s re-sponse. This should not include detailed content unless staff members ask for clarification. The nurse should relay to staff significant changes in the way therapies are given, but should not de-scribe basic steps of a procedure. The client’s diagnosis-related group is not essential background information to be shared in an inter-shift report. The nurse should not review all routine care pro-cedures or tasks.