NURSING HANDOFFS: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF INSTRUMENTS TO QUALIFY CARE CONTINUITY

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v26i0.74062

Keywords:

Checklist, Nursing Assessment, Patient Safety, Exchange of Information, Continuity of Patient Care.

Abstract

Objective: to develop and validate the content of instruments to standardize Nursing handoffs.
Method: a study for the development and validation through expert consensus conducted between January and July 2019 in a hospital of southern Brazil. The study participants were 24 professionals from different areas, including nurses, nursing technicians and professors, with experience in hospital handoffs. The experts evaluated and validated the scope, clarity and pertinence of the items of the instruments developed, obtaining an agreement index of 93%.
Results: two documents were prepared, namely: the “Handoff Form”, considering the patients’ identification, clinical information, and complications during each shift, and the “Handoff Standard Operating Procedure”, describing activities to be performed to ensure the transmission of precise information.
Final considerations: the instruments elaborated can guide Nursing handoffs in the clinical practice, promoting care continuity and safety.

Author Biographies

Isabel Cristina Echer, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Enfermeira. Doutora em Ciências Médias pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Professora Associada da Escola de Enfermagem da UFRGS. 

Fernanda Guarilha Boni, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Enfermeira. Mestranda em Enfermagem pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

Beatriz Cavalcanti Juchem, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

Enfermeira. Doutora em Enfermagem pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Enfermeira do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre.

Vanessa Monteiro Mantovani, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Enfermeira. Doutoranda em Enfermagem pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

Simone Silveira Pasin, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

Enfermeira. Mestre em Enfermagem pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Enfermeira do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre.

Larissa Gussatschenko Caballero, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Enfermeira. Doutoranda em Enfermagem pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Enfermeira do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre.

Amália de Fátima Lucena, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Enfermeira. Pós-doutorado pela University of Iowa – USA. Professora Associada da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

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Published

2021-03-15

How to Cite

Echer, I. C., Boni, F. G., Juchem, B. C., Mantovani, V. M., Pasin, S. S., Caballero, L. G., & Lucena, A. de F. (2021). NURSING HANDOFFS: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF INSTRUMENTS TO QUALIFY CARE CONTINUITY. Cogitare Enfermagem, 26. https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v26i0.74062

Issue

Vol. 26 (2021)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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