 Hi guys! So I wanted to do a quick video on some tips for ER nurses when giving report to ICU nurses. I actually had an ER nurse reach out to me about this topic because she said you know she does report to ICU nurses all the time yet they always seem very upset or rude or disappointed over the phone when the ER nurse may not know something. And so I thought that this was a very good topic to talk about and I also feel like I have kind of a unique perception on this because I've worked in the ER before and I've worked in the ICU. So first of all this isn't a video to prove that ICU is better or prove that ER is better because both specialties are 100% totally needed and prove that they are specialized in what they do in wonderful nurses. So personally when I know I'm getting a patient from the ER if I'm able to look them up or not whatever I am not one to ever ever turn down report because the room isn't ready or you know I'm too busy in my other patients room because I feel like that's a silly reason if unless like there's like four codes going on once and like you just can't possibly have the resources to bring them up that's different but most of the time even if I'm a little busy I can you know call my resource nurse or whatever to come and help me or the manager can come help me charge nurse yada yada. So I am always open to receiving report right away and I think that's important quality to have. It also makes ER nurses happy when you can get report right away because they've been having this unstable patient and ER nurses are great at you know triaging prioritizing and stabilizing patients but ultimately ICU nurses are great at kind of this multi-system look at things and it's important that if a patient's truly an ICU patient in the ER that they get to the ICU because that's where they're going to get the full care that they need because ER you're fixing the immediate problems and you're sending them up. So as an ICU nurse when I get report from an ER nurse I you know I don't really care I mean I care what you tell me I don't really care if you know exactly every little detail because if you've charted things and if you've scanned your medications and drawn labs like I can get most of the information that I need from the chart honestly I rarely ever would need report from an ER nurse but it is kind of a formality and it's nice to have a heads up like hey you know the patient does have a family member that's really angry over this or hey you know the patient doesn't have any family it's nice to have kind of the social aspect of report and that's kind of more so what I look for is like hey do you know if they came in with advanced directives do you know you know any of that just so that I have a heads up for when they get there if they code right off the bat do you know do we know if they're full code do we know if they're DNR yada yada do they have family there so we can grab them get information yada yada I don't really care as much about you know where your IV lines are or if you have Foley but most ICU nurses do care so I feel like I'm actually a really bad person to get give advice on this topic but I think also like as an ER nurse you just have I don't know why I see nurses get so angry towards ER nurses because it kind of makes me sad but you kind of just have to just give your normal report and if they get upset you don't know something you just say I don't know I'm sorry you know and I'll bring the patient up to you basically I don't say it's not your job to know every little detail about that patient like as a ICU nurse we know every little detail about that patient and because that's part of our job whereas in the ER you are telling me the pertinent information as far as what you did what you diagnosed with scans and tests that you ran that's kind of what I like to hear is just you know what did you do what events happened in the ER are they intubated are they lying yada yada and just get them up there so at least I have a basic idea of what's already been done down in the ER and then I can continue that up in the ICU but as long as someone's charting correctly and they scan their meds and all that then it should be pretty easy to find that information yourself so I don't know why ICU nurses get mad if they can't tell you if it's a 20 gauge in their left AC or an 18 gauge like not a big deal to me now that I've just rambled on and haven't really given tips my tips are just give the current events list of events that happened in the ER from the time they came in kind of their background story basic information you know any pertinent labs or tests that you ran medications that you administered or blood products that you started that's kind of what I like to know and then kind of the social aspect of things do they have family I always ask you know have you seen any skin issues and personally I know some ER nurses get mad when you ask that but it's really just because we get we have to do a full body skin assessment when the patient gets up to the ICU and so it's kind of nice to have a heads up if like hey they've got a stage four pressure ulcer on the bottom like that's kind of nice to know but I don't get mad at an ice or an ER nurse if they don't know that information because honestly if they're coming in for respiratory distress you're going to intubate them and you know get them stabilized you're not going to be like oh let me look at your bottom to make sure you don't have a stage four pressure pressure ulcer like that's more so than ICU nurses role at least from where I'm at and what I do that's how it goes so I hope you guys enjoyed this video if you did give it a thumbs up if you have any other tips for ER nurses or ICU nurses it goes both ways honestly we're on one big team we all should be collaborative and respectful of one another's roles and that we're all nurses and we should support one another and not degrade each other and bring each other down but any other tips leave in the comments below and I'll see you in my next video