This article provides nurses with a simple structure to aid effective communication. It explains how one trust implemented the situation-background-assessment-recommendation (SBAR) structure to improve patient handover, and outlines the benefits for nurses and patients.

Creating work environments that sustain open and supportive communication positively influence teamwork, staff satisfaction, and improved patient quality and safety. The Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation (SBAR)-collaborative communication evidence-based practice (EBP) study described in this article introduced collaborative communication integrating SBAR communication proces...

Background: Shift report in nursing profession comprises the collection of information, assessment of nursing cares provided to hospitalized patients, providing an opportunity to get acquainted with patients, and being aware of their caring process. This study aimed to investigate the effect of educating nurses in intensive care units on the reporting of work shift using the SBAR tool. Methods...

Introdução: A transferência de cuidados consiste na comunicação informações clínicas do paciente para responsabilidade assistencial, sendo considerada um momento crítico, onde podem ocorrer falhas comunicação. Objetivo: Relatar a experiência da implantação ferramenta Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation (SBAR) padronização entre profissionais durante transição cuidado. Método: Relato ...

Objective: to evaluate the effectiveness of use tools for care transfer in patients admitted an intensive unit (ICU). Methods: Systematic review consulted databases PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, LILACS until August 2022. The descriptors “Patient Handoff”, “Continuity Patient Care”, “SBAR”, “ISBAR”, “SBAR-R”, “ISBARR”, “ISOBAR”, “Communication” and “Intensive Care Units” were used. Observati...

Patients in the care of clinically expert professionals suffer medical errors with alarming frequency. The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals strives to improve the effectiveness of communication among caregivers by recommending the implementation of a standardized tool known as SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation). This experimental study evaluated data fr...

OBJECTIVES: To increase the number of essential consult elements (ECEs) included in initial inpatient consultation requests between pediatric residents and fellows through implementation a novel communication tool. METHODS: Literature review previous needs assessment were used to identify 4 specific ECEs. From February June 2018, audited verbal at medium-sized, quaternary care children’s hospit...

Penerapan komunikasi efektif sangat penting dalam pelayanan keperawatan terutama pelaksanaan handover. Pada pertukaran shift dilakukan handover untuk menyampaikan informasi terkait kondisi pasien. Kegiatan timbang terima atau bersifat menyeluruh yang oleh tim kesehatan sehingga pelaksanaannya dibutuhkan baik perawat berjaga sebelum (handover) kepada setelah semua tentang pasien dapat dilaksanak...