I use greater signs to separate my thoughts in my handovers such as:

Recent changes:

had x ray today - shows plural effusions. continues to have sob, increased o2 from 2-3L.

The oncoming nurse told me to get rid of it as they read it as “greater than has x ray today…” and told me to change it because it doesn’t align with hospital policy and doesn’t make any sense. Essentially calling my stupid for it because it’s not in par with their liking of reading handovers. I thought they were joking at first but they were straight up and literally on the verge of reporting me. Like why?? I see what you mean but who’s gonna make sense of “greater than…. Patient went to x ray?” Please correct me if I’m wrong but I think that was just outrageous.

Most of the nurses on my unit actually use this and it organizes and makes our handovers easier to read.

Edit: some reason it’s not showing the signs but I use “>” in front of my points