Importance Of Bedside Reporting

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I found the presentation given by group one interesting. We are taught in class the importance of bedside reporting however, in my clinical experience this is rarely done. I could count on one hand how many times I have participated in a bedside report, and when I did the patient was not involved in the report at all. I really liked how bedside report was done in the video that this group showed. The patient was able to actively participate in the report, and I felt this style gave a complete clinical picture of the patient to the

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