Ensuring Safe Transfer of Pediatric Patients: A Quality Improvement Project to Standardize Handoff Communication
| Autor: | Jerithea Tidwell, Lindsey Patton, Jacqueline F. Binder, Virginia B. Young, Brennan Lewis, Karie Falder-Saeed |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Patient Transfer Evidence-based practice Quality management Nursing staff media_common.quotation_subject Handoff communication Pediatrics 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Patient-Centered Care Health care Humans Medicine Quality (business) 030212 general & internal medicine Child media_common Evidence-Based Medicine 030504 nursing business.industry Patient Handoff Quality Improvement United States Feeling Handover Child Preschool Practice Guidelines as Topic Female Interdisciplinary Communication Patient Safety Nurse-Patient Relations 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pediatric Nursing. 34:44-52 |
| ISSN: | 0882-5963 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.pedn.2017.01.004 |
| Popis: | Background During a single hospital stay, a patient's care is transferred several times between health care clinicians requiring multiple handoffs. Nurses often voice concerns about feeling unsafe when receiving patients from other areas. Aims The aims of the intradepartmental quality improvement project were to identify the safest way to transfer care of pediatric patients and to improve bedside nurses' knowledge on conducting an evidence based practice project. Methods Guided by clinical nurse specialists, nurses from various departments worked together and reviewed the literature regarding safe transfers, timing, and handoff communication. Results Findings from this quality improvement project led to creation and implementation of a system wide handoff tool. Use of the handoff tool decreased medication errors and improved nursing satisfaction. Conclusions Partnering with bedside nursing staff to research and apply system wide quality improvements can increase knowledge and understanding of evidence based practice as well as quality of patient care. |
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