From the article, the nature of the problem evolves around the concerns regarding the ineffective nurse-to nurse communication by the team and the failure to finish shift before the scheduled time. Particular concerns involves first, the report occurring in large groups preventing team members to listen and understand discussions, secondly, issues regarding nurses who have to hand-off patients to wait for the next nurse who is still receiving report from somebody or just socializing (Evans, D., Grunawalt, J., McClish, D., Wood, W., Friese, C.R., 2012, p.282). Furthermore, the disturbingly low review of handoffs in health care settings between years 1968 and 2008 as shown in a recent extensive review encouraged authors to look into the problem
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In the study the authors include registered nurses, nursing aids, nursing supervisor, educational nurse coordinator, clinical nurse specialist and a nurse manager in one medical surgical unit at the University of Michigan hospital and health centers(Evans et. al., 2012. p. 281). In order to improve their nursing practice, the health care team conveyed an 8-hour non-clinical workday to review interventions and changes regarding shift report and address the staff issues about reporting done in large conference rooms and the attempt to switch into bedside shift report as one strategy (Evans et. al., 2012. p. 281). In doing this, the team utilizes the use of two patient assignment approaches which includes the bundled assignments divided into 5 sets including patients acuity, infectious precautions, expected admissions, discharges and transfer and nurses would select their own bundles (Evans et. al., 2012. p. 282). Second the use of pod assignments, meaning that care is coordinated in a team approach rather than by individual nurses was considered. In carrying out these assignments, a cluster of eight beds was selected as the pilot of the study for the day and eventually found out that it decreases nurses
al., 2012. p. 281)
In the study the authors include registered nurses, nursing aids, nursing supervisor, educational nurse coordinator, clinical nurse specialist and a nurse manager in one medical surgical unit at the University of Michigan hospital and health centers(Evans et. al., 2012. p. 281). In order to improve their nursing practice, the health care team conveyed an 8-hour non-clinical workday to review interventions and changes regarding shift report and address the staff issues about reporting done in large conference rooms and the attempt to switch into bedside shift report as one strategy (Evans et. al., 2012. p. 281). In doing this, the team utilizes the use of two patient assignment approaches which includes the bundled assignments divided into 5 sets including patients acuity, infectious precautions, expected admissions, discharges and transfer and nurses would select their own bundles (Evans et. al., 2012. p. 282). Second the use of pod assignments, meaning that care is coordinated in a team approach rather than by individual nurses was considered. In carrying out these assignments, a cluster of eight beds was selected as the pilot of the study for the day and eventually found out that it decreases nurses