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Verbal Handoff Assessment – Multiple

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Verbal Handoff Assessment – MultipleChristina2017-03-02T15:42:46+00:00

Verbal Handoff Assessment (MULTIPLE patients)

  • Verbal Handoff Assessment Tool-Multiple Patients

  • NeverRarelySometimesUsuallyAlways
    I. Illness Severity
    P. Patient Summary
    A. Action List
    S. Situation Awareness/Contingency Planning
    S. Synthesis by Receiver
    I. Illness Severity: Identification as stables, "watcher", or unstable; must occur at the beginning of each patient handoff.

    P. Patient Summary: Might include summary statement, events leading up to admission, hospital course, ongoing assessment, plan. A. Action list: To do list; (must be separated from patient summary). S. Situation Awareness/Contingency Planning: Know what’s going on; plan for what might happen. S. Synthesis by Receiver: Written reminder to prompt receiver to summarize what was heard during verbal handoff.
  • NeverRarelySometimesUsuallyAlways
    Giver actively engaged with receiver to ensure understanding of patients
    Giver appropriately prioritized key information, concerns, or actions
    To-do list restricted to items that need to be accomplished on next shift
    High quality contingency plans with clear if/then format
    (eg. encourages questions, asked questions, considers learning style of receiver)
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