Implementing bedside handoff in the emergency department: a practice improvement project.

Denise Campbell; Katherine Dontje

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Implementing bedside handoff in the emergency department: a practice improvement project.

January 23, 2019

Campbell D, Dontje K. Journal of emergency nursing: JEN : official publication of the Emergency Department Nurses Association. 2019;45(2):149-154.

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Handoffs in the emergency department are vulnerable to error. This commentary describes an improvement initiative that focused on structuring nurse shift change using situation, background, assessment, recommendation (SBAR) communication methods. Although safety culture scores improved, the authors note that resistance to change was a key barrier to implementation.

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