Distractions at nurses' stations during intershift report.
Observations of distractions during intershift report at nurses' stations on ten medical-surgical units in an acute-care general hospital are summarized. Almost five times more auditory and visual distractions occurred at nurses' stations at which report took place at an open charting desk than at nurses' stations with a separate reporting area.
D001288:Attention; D003142:Communication; D006757:Hospital Units; D009622:Noise; D009737:Nursing Records; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital