Abstract
Patients experience multiple transitions in care between nursing providers (handoffs) during hospitalization. Handoffs are opportunities for communication errors to occur. Patient handoffs between the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) to the nursing division is a frequent event within hospitals. Methods of handoff vary in practice from face-to-face, telephone, or written report. Nurses receiving patient handoff may experience varying degrees of self-efficacy levels in providing care to the newly acquired patient from the PACU. Self-efficacy levels can be measured utilizing the Nursing Care Self-Efficacy Scale (NCSES). Variances in nursing self-efficacy scores among the methods of face-to-face and telephone patient handoff were analyzed within this project. Educating PACU nursing staff on the five p's of handoff (patient information, plan of care, purpose, precautions, and problems) may improve self-efficacy scores with nurses receiving a post-operative patient.
Sigma Membership
Psi Epsilon, Tau Iota
Type
DNP Capstone Project
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Quality Improvement
Research Approach
Translational Research/Evidence-based Practice
Keywords:
Post-operative Patients, Transition of Care, Patient Satisfaction
Advisor
Janice Albers
Degree
DNP
Degree Grantor
McKendree University
Degree Year
2018
Recommended Citation
Guelbert, Christopher Scott, "Effect of patient handoff methods on nurse self-efficacy" (2020). Dissertations. 779.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/779
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2020-05-28
Full Text of Presentation
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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10809272; ProQuest document ID: 2037253352. The author still retains copyright.