1. What is the purpose of
Patient safety
nursing report?
2. When doing handoff communica- Over the last 12 to 24 hours
tion, how relevant should your in-
formation be?
3. Who is involved in nursing report? The patient
On-coming
nurse Ott-
going nurse
4. What does SBAR stand for S-situation
and when is it used? B-
background
A-
assessment
R-recommendation
It is a structured communication format that's
used to share important information about a
patient's condition
5. You are training a new grad nurse What is happening with the patient/the
patient's story.
and observe her using SBAR dur- The patient's name & age
ing nursing report. What The reason for admission (diagnosis)
impor- tant information
should be in- cluded in S-
situation of SBAR for- mat?
6. You are training a new grad nurse Admission diagnosis & date of admission
and observe her using SBAR dur- should be in- cluded in B-
ing nursing report. What background of SBAR format?
impor- tant information
1/
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