title: Where do you want to give report?
abstract: Traditionally, nurses have met in a conference room to give each other end-of-shift report. Many hospitals are now moving to bedside report. Which does the research support as best practice? What are the ethical and practical issues of each? This article answers those questions.
authors.affiliation: Jennifer Spivey, RN, is CNII at Duke University Hospital.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spivey
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D064648:Critical Care Nursing; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D016294:Models, Nursing; D061214:Patient Safety; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance