A tool for assessing the quality of nursing handovers: a validation study

Ferrara, Paolo; Terzoni, Stefano; Davì, Salvatore; Bisesti, Alberto; Destrebecq, Anne

doi:10.12968/bjon.2017.26.15.882

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“…After eliminating those written prior to 2015, those not written in Spanish or English, and articles that did not deal with the handover of critical patients in an emergency setting, the results were narrowed to eight [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]. After exhaustive reading, five were excluded [25][26][27][28]30] as the handover did not take place in the study setting. Finally, three articles [24,29,31] were included in the systematic review.…”

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“…Most handover evaluation tools available in the literature assess transfers that occur in non-emergency settings, where the patient is not in a critical condition [25][26][27][28]30]. On the other hand, most of the instruments identified that do evaluate handover in urgent care and emergency settings do not validate their application in that field and are, therefore, not considered validated assessment tools [21,33,34].…”

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Handover of Critical Patients in Urgent Care and Emergency Settings: A Systematic Review of Validated Assessment Tools

Tortosa-Alted

Martínez-Segura

Berenguer‐Poblet

et al. 2021

JCM

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The emergency handover of critical patients is used to describe the moment when responsibility for the care of a patient is transferred from one critical patient care healthcare team to another, requiring the accurate delivery of information. However, the literature provides few validated assessment tools for the transfer of critical patients in urgent care and emergency settings. To identify the available evaluation tools that assess the handover of critical patients in urgent and emergency care settings in addition to evaluations of their psychometric properties, a systematic review was carried out using PubMed, Scopus, Cinahl, Web of Science (WoS), and PsycINFO, in accordance with PRISMA guidelines. The quality of the studies was assessed using the COSMIN checklist. Finally, eight articles were identified, of which only three included validated tools for evaluating the handover of critical patients in emergency care. Content validity, construct validity, and internal consistency were the most studied psychometric properties. Three studies evaluated error and reliability, criterion validity, hypothesis testing, and sensitivity. None of them considered cross-cultural adaptation or the translation process. This systematic psychometric review shows the existing ambiguities in the handover of critically ill patients and the scarcity of validated evaluation tools. For all of these reasons, we consider it necessary to further investigate urgent care and emergency handover settings through the design and validation of an assessment tool.

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Handover of Critical Patients in Urgent Care and Emergency Settings: A Systematic Review of Validated Assessment Tools

Tortosa-Alted

Martínez-Segura

Berenguer‐Poblet

et al. 2021

JCM

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“… Inclusion: nurses from the selected departments who have successfully completed the period of tutoring  Exclusion: nurses who provide delivery not in their own ward. The observations of the nursing handovers, before and after the implementation of the SBAR methodology, were carried out by specifically trained nursing evaluators using the Handoff Check tool validated in Italian language (13). process and the level of agreement between evaluator and observed.…”

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“…Changing handover method is complicated and requires effective implementation strategies and training reinforcement (8,12). The literature suggests the use of standardized nursing delivery models such as the SBAR model (5,(7)(8)(9)13,14). In 2007 the Joint Commission International (JCI) and the World Health Organization (WHO) suggested the implementation of a structured communicative delivery approach using the SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) technique as a precise and versatile handover tool (8,9).…”

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Nurse Handover with SBAR method: a quasi-experimental study

Monti¹,

Maiandi²,

Rossi³

et al. 2022

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BACKGROUND:Handover is a crucial aspect for patient safety and continuity of care. Many factors can affect the quality of the information transmitted and handover may be ineffective or even harmful if the information is incomplete or omitted. OBJECTIVES:The primary objective of the study was to describe the changes in handover quality after introduction of the Situation, Background, Assestment and Raccomandation (SBAR) method. Secondary objectives were to describe changes in the number of interruptions and changes in communication skills in nursing handover. MATHERIALS AND METHODS:A quasi-experimental, monocentric study with pre/post test design was implemented in a sample of convenience. RESULTS:198 nurses participated in the study and 208 nursing handovers were analyzed. After the introduction of the SBAR method there has been a significant improvement in the quality of handovers, a reduction in the number of interruptions and an increase in communication skills. CONCLUSION:SBAR method demonstrably improves the quality of nursing handovers, reducing the number of interruptions and enhancing communication skills. The introduction of the SBAR delivery method improves the quality and safety of information transmission.

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“…It has been reported that handoff communication in practice among nurses is a task of great difficulty and importance (Kim et al, 2016;Ferrara et al, 2017). Mutual handoff communication enables nurses not only to share information about nursing courses and acquire important guidance in nursing the sick, but it also shares personal information, including doctors' medical treatments, treatment protocols, patients' physical mental nursing contents, patients' economic conditions, family and social relationships, and awareness of health problems (Abraham et al, 2016;Lee et al, 2016;Lim and Pajarillo, 2016).…”

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Application of problem based learning (PBL) for nursing students’ practicum in handoff communication

Lee¹,

Park²

2018

Ind. Jour. of Publ. Health Rese. & Develop.

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This study's purpose is to verify its effectiveness upon developing and carrying out the field practicum in problem based learning (PBL) applied handoff communication. The study formed discussion learning groups consisting of senior nursing students in B university, and was developed and operated for the practical training class for handoff communication utilizing the suggested scenario. The evaluation for the overall PBL class was an average point of 4.46±0.43, the evaluation for students' self-capacity was an average point of 4.62±0.49, the evaluation for small group activities for PBL was an average point of 4.69±0.50, and the evaluation for an instructor's role in PBL class was an average of 4.77±0.29. Through the study, upon graduation, senior nursing students transitioning into new nurses ahead of actual duty, are considered more benefited from carrying out practical training in handoff communication in the aspect of adaptation of nursing duty and its handoff communication.

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A tool for assessing the quality of nursing handovers: a validation study

Abstract: The Handoff CEX-Italian scale is valid and reliable and it can be used to assess the quality of nurse handovers.

Cited by 8 publications

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Handover of Critical Patients in Urgent Care and Emergency Settings: A Systematic Review of Validated Assessment Tools

Handover of Critical Patients in Urgent Care and Emergency Settings: A Systematic Review of Validated Assessment Tools

Nurse Handover with SBAR method: a quasi-experimental study

Application of problem based learning (PBL) for nursing students’ practicum in handoff communication

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