The research articles in this paper use a variety of tools to support findings that bedside reporting can improve nurse to nurse communication. The tools mainly used in the 10 articles in this paper included surveys, interviews, observations, and field studies. One research article used survey to report patient satisfaction, staff accountability, and two person IV medication reconciliation (Maxson, Derby, Wrobleski, & Foss, 2012). This study included 60 patients and 15 nurses all given surveys pre-implementation of bedside reporting and then again 6 months post-implementation of bedside reporting. The results of this study concluded, like most studies satisfaction was increased in both surveyed. The qualitative research article included
