The Nursing Inter Shift Handover: A Moment of Care for Patients and Their Family Caregivers.

Autor: Guevara-Lozano M; School of Nursing and Rehabilitation, Universidad de La Sabana, Chía Cundinamarca, Colombia., Pérez-Giraldo B; School of Nursing and Rehabilitation, Universidad de La Sabana, Chía Cundinamarca, Colombia., Arroyo-Marlés LP; Ex-director of Clinical Nursing, Universidad de la Sabana, Chía Cundinamarca, Colombia., Nonsoque-Cholo MA; School of Nursing and Rehabilitation, Universidad de La Sabana, Chía Cundinamarca, Colombia., Sánchez-Herrera B; School of Nursing and Rehabilitation, Universidad de La Sabana, Chía Cundinamarca, Colombia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses [Hisp Health Care Int] 2024 May 06, pp. 15404153241246804. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 06.
DOI: 10.1177/15404153241246804
Abstrakt: Precedents: The transfer between nursing shifts must guarantee the quality of care for patients and their families in the hospital. This study aimed to transform the handover between nursing shifts to strengthen the care capacity of patients and their family caregivers, and improve the care capacity of nursing staff, in a Latin American university hospital. Methods: This is a Nursing Methodology Research developed in the following phases: (a) identification of the best handover practices between nursing shifts to apply them within the institutional culture; (2) diagnosis of the transfer between shifts in the hospital; (3) design and validation of the transformation proposal; (4) measurement of transfer indicators; and (5) definition of a path to improve this transfer. Results: The proposal developed focuses on the patient and their family caregiver. The proposed protocol considered the perspective of the care recipients, the nursing staff, and the best available evidence. The overall transfer rating over 10 months went from 65% to 84%. Conclusions: The adjustment to the transfer process made it possible to strengthen the care capacity of patients and their family caregivers and improve the care capacity of the nursing staff.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Databáze: MEDLINE