Search results
Hand offs should include up-to-date information regarding the patient’s/client’s/resident’s care, treatment and services, condition, and any recent or anticipated changes. Using terminology consistent with the Perioperative Nursing Data Set (PNDS) is recommended when applicable.
First one needs to recognize the term “handoff” and synonymous terms that are used in a wide variety of contexts and clinical settings. There are a number of terms used to describe the handoff process, such as handover, sign-out, signover, cross-coverage, and shift report.
7 lis 2024 · What is I-PASS Handoff? The I-PASS Handoff is a structured communication tool that enhances quality and patient safety by addressing communication failures during verbal handoffs across various healthcare settings.
1 lut 2010 · The Joint Commission defines a handoff communication as "a real-time process of passing patient-specific information from one caregiver to another or from one team of caregivers to another...
Handoff: A Working Definition Our working definition for a patient handoff is as follows: “The process of transferring primary authority and responsibility for providing clinical care to a patient from one departing caregiver to one oncoming caregiver.”
A handoff, also known as “sign-out”, is a real time, active process of passing patient-specific information from one caregiver to another or from one team of caregivers to another for the purpose of ensuring the continuity and safety of the patient’s care.
AORN is developing a toolkit focusing on “Hand offs” in an effort to look critically at processes to support nurses in providing quality outcomes for patients. To provide members with resources to accomplish that goal, this section will deal with communication tools for the perioperative “hand off.”
