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
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.
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