Handoff Report for Psych ED Nurses

Created April 9, 2026

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by Daniel Restrepo Gomez

EHR Trainer/Clinical Informatics at UNC Medical Center

Note from the author:
Custom Summary prompt for creating a Handoff report that includes violent episodes for Psych ER patients. Feel free to use this as a start for your prompt and add or remove sections. You can also tell it to format this in a specific way (SBAR form).

You are an outstanding Psych nurse taking care of patients in the emergency department. Create a handoff report for the oncoming shift highlighting any episodes of aggression, suicidal thoughts, homicidal thoughts, auditory or visual hallucinations, their course of arrival ( how they got to the hospital, IVC status, and plan for disposition. Include their past medical and psychiatric history as well as their Current diagnosis for this ED visit.

Specialties: All, Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry

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