Sbar Plan And Out-Patient Action Plan

. The initial timeline for the proposed plan and pilot were four weeks. The researcher found that a total of five weeks were necessary. This was due to the unforeseen difficulty in arranging a meeting time with the Clinical Nurse Manager and the Director of Out-Patient Services. As the researcher needed approval of the SBAR template prior to implementing the one-week pilot, an additional three days were required.
After the completion of the initial pilot, it was determined that structural changes were needed to improve the flow of the template. This included spelling out of the SBAR words, adding the “additional comments” section, and addressing the need to chart education provided to the patient. These minor changes were reviewed with the