Quick fix that helped this week: I switched my assessment note to a short, structured template and it shaved time without losing anything important. I’ve been hearing the myth that more detail automatically makes you safer and that longer notes are better. What actually helps in my experience is consistent, skimmable documentation that calls out exceptions, actions taken, and who was notified, and then uses the EHR fields for routine stuff instead of burying it in paragraphs. I’m seeing more novel-length notes lately, and it kinda slows handoff and makes it harder for charge or cross-cover to spot the signal. If you’ve got a simple unit standards one-pager or a shared smart-phrase library you like. I’d love to hear, and I’m curious if others are seeing the same.
: short, structured handoff notes beat long ones. you gain speed and clarity and only lose noise. Keep it safe by capturing abnormals and shift-critical items (tele rhythm. O2, lines/drips, mobility, isolation, dispo). example: 'NSR, 2L NC.