Nursing Handoffs: Ensuring Safe Passage for Patients

Halm, Margo A.

doi:10.4037/ajcc2013454

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“…The consistency of the guidelines and the tools used created an environment that promoted improved patient outcomes. [35] The main features of using standardized handoff communication processes were the reduced omission of information and the consistency of care. [36] In this study, 56.9% of the staff nurses agreed that there was a decrease in communication errors after using SBAR, and 82.4% of them expressed the opinion that the information passed through SBAR was easy to follow.…”

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Nurses’ perceptions regarding using the SBAR tool for handoff communication in a tertiary cancer center in Qatar

Nagammal¹,

Nashwan²,

Nair³

et al. 2016

JNEP

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Background: Communication failure has been reported in the literature as the primary source of medical errors and patient harm. Among various methods of handoff communication, Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation (SBAR) is a reliable and efficient framework that nurses worldwide use. The investigators sought to assess the perceptions of nurses with regard to using the SBAR tool for hand-off communication at a cancer hospital in Qatar. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out to assess perceptions regarding the use of SBAR among 117 staff nurses working in inpatient units of National Center for Cancer Care and Research (NCCCR). A handover evaluation tool was used, enabling nurses to self-report their perceptions. Results: The majority of staff nurses opined that SBAR followed a logical sequence, with a reduction in communication errors after its use. Also, 53.9% of the nurses reported that they would always recommend the SBAR framework in other areas. The majority (87.3%) of the nurses had good perceptions regarding the use of the SBAR framework, and none of them had poor perceptions regarding the same. The mean duration of handovers reduced after their use of SBAR. There was no association between perceptions and demographic variables. Conclusions: SBAR is safe and efficient, and it can be recommended for all healthcare settings. The SBAR communication technique provides an organized logical sequence and improved communication that has been proved to ensure patient safety.

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confidence: 99%

Nurses’ perceptions regarding using the SBAR tool for handoff communication in a tertiary cancer center in Qatar

Nagammal¹,

Nashwan²,

Nair³

et al. 2016

JNEP

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“…Halm 73 reviewed the literature to determine the effect of standardized nursing handoffs on patients', clinicians', and financial outcomes. The available evidence, albeit weak, is suggestive of a benefit of standardized change-of-shift and interdepartmental handoffs on various processes and outcomes.…”

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Insights and Advances in Multidisciplinary Critical Care: A Review of Recent Research

Blot

Afonso

Labeau

2014

American Journal of Critical Care

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The intensive care unit is a work environment where superior dedication is pivotal to optimize patients' outcomes. As this demanding commitment is multidisciplinary in nature, it requires special qualities of health care workers and organizations. Thus research in the field covers a broad spectrum of activities necessary to deliver cutting-edge care. However, given the abundance of research articles and education activities available, it is difficult for modern critical care clinicians to keep up with the latest progress and innovations in the field. This article broadly summarizes new developments in multidisciplinary intensive care, providing elementary information about advanced insights in the field by briefly describing selected articles bundled in specific topics. Issues considered include cardiovascular care, monitoring, mechanical ventilation, infection and sepsis, nutrition, education, patient safety, pain assessment and control, delirium, mental health, ethics, and outcomes research.

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“…Handoff knowledge questionnaire was developed by the researchers based on the literature review [25] [26] [27] [28], to assess nurse's interns' knowledge about handoff. It consisted of (15) Multiple-choice questions, covering the following: Handoff definition and related concepts (3 items), importance and benefits of handoff (3 items), components of handoff and communication competence (3 items) methods and structure of handoff (3 items), and Handoff communication tools (3 items).…”

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Effectiveness of Handoff Educational Program on Nurses Interns’ Knowledge, and Communication Competence

Seada¹

2017

AJNS

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Abstract:With the growing complexity of health care, the ability to communicate becomes essential within the health team members. Health care organization has great expectations for new graduate nurses to communicate skillfully while promoting safe patient care. Student nurses interns may lacked experiences with important communication skills and are fearful of making mistakes which may affect patient safety. One way to improve handoff communication skill among nurses interns is through education. This study was intended to examine the effectiveness of handoff educational program on nurse's interns' handoff knowledge, and communication competence. Quasi -experimental study design was utilized: The study was conducted in intensive care units which affiliated with Kaser El Ainy hospital where nurses interns were trained. Study sample composed of 30 nurses interns who were undertaking their internship year between 2016-2017. Data were collected through utilizing Handoff knowledge questionnaire that was developed by the researcher and Handoff communication competence observational checklist developed by [1] and modified by the researchers to measure hand-off communication competence of nurses interns during the process of bedside handover. Results revealed that there were statistical significant and marked improvement in nurses interns' levels of handoff knowledge dimensions as well as statistical significant differences in their mean scores of hand-off communication competence during different periods of assessment. The current study provide evidence that handoff educational program enhance nurses interns handoff communication competence. Handoff communication skills should taught formally during nursing academic education concerning the way that information is given, verified as well as all handoff communication competencies during process of patient bedside handoff. Future researches with larger sample sizes and multiple settings are recommended to substantially evaluate the effectiveness of educational program on handoff communication competencies.

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Nursing Handoffs: Ensuring Safe Passage for Patients

Cited by 50 publications

References 16 publications

Nurses’ perceptions regarding using the SBAR tool for handoff communication in a tertiary cancer center in Qatar

Nurses’ perceptions regarding using the SBAR tool for handoff communication in a tertiary cancer center in Qatar

Insights and Advances in Multidisciplinary Critical Care: A Review of Recent Research

Effectiveness of Handoff Educational Program on Nurses Interns’ Knowledge, and Communication Competence

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