The Importance Of Having A Verbal Handoff

Peplau’s interpersonal relationships nursing theory was developed to help guide nurses in building connected relationships with their patients. This bond is built on establishing trust through the foundation of effective communication. Peplau’s theory was designed so that practitioner’s could help lay the foundation for altering patient’s actions to incite acceptable improved health related outcomes. Peplau believed the nurse client relationship was established in three phases. In the first stage

Communication is the sharing of ideas, thoughts and information between or among individuals. The way we communicate varies greatly among cultures throughout the world and has an extremely powerful impact within group and team environments. Effective communication enables us to engage in enriching social interaction with others, and allows for the creation of environments where group and team functioning can flourish. As simple as communication may seem, much of what we express to others has the

art of most nurses’ daily reality is nursing handover. Handover happens at least twice in a 24hour interval and is defined as ‘the transfer of professional responsibility and accountability for some or all aspects of care for a patient, or group of patients, to another person or professional group on a temporary or permanent basis’(British Medical Association,2004) During handover important information about patients and their clinical status is imparted. The primary role of nursing handover is ensuring

plan of care to the oncoming shift to ensure continuity of care and to make sure that their colleagues were informed about tasks or instructions that needed to be completed by the next shift. This process had a variety of names; report, handover or handoff. The format was often different from unit to unit. It usually took place in an off stage room or office or at a charting station from away from the

In the preoperative phase the first interaction I had with my assigned patient was at the holding area where the assigned nurse asked Mr. A.G. for family members present at the hospital, the need for last minute calls, and if there was any questions about the surgery and post surgery procedures. At this time MR. A.G. particurlarly felt a little nervous, and anxious about the operating room but he understood that this was a needed surgery; when asked about family member, he replied that

message to medical staff. 2. Verbal Order / Read Back elements: Goal is 100%. • This is so important to minimize any wrong information or orders misunderstanding, or even misinterpretation. The lack of full compliance increase the risk of wrong treatments, medications and the consequences could be major. Our institution compliance varied between departments, and was noticed that surgical and in specific orthopedic department was the least compliant with verbal order policy. The compliance in this

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What About Me Based on the Jungian personality assessment, my Jung type is INTP; which is amazingly spot on. The INTP personality type is one of the rarest, making up only three percent of the population, which is exactly how I’d like it. Just the thought of being “common” makes me cringe. A prime example of this is my preferred name, Curtis. My full name is Jon Curtis Miller and I prefer to go by my middle name. For as long as I can remember, when asked why I go by my middle name instead of my first

compliant. This corrective action plan holds each staff member accountable. Those who do not comply can easily be tracked and disciplined by their supervisor. While most departments at Nightingale Community Hospital need to be reminded of the importance of verbal orders / read-backs, almost all have near-perfect compliance. There seems to be a severe disconnect with the ortho department, which is

Running Header: Task I 1 Task I Abigail M. Garcia Western Governor’s University: Accreditation Audit Running Header: Task I 2 Executive Summary Nightingale Community Hospital is committed to providing quality care and aims to be the first choice hospital for patients in the community. Four core values represent the passion Nightingale has for excellence: Safety, Community, Teamwork and Accountability. The goals of the hospital are to uphold an atmosphere of healing, promote the benefits