The SBAR style of reporting is used at Rochester General Hospital and throughout the Rochester Regional Health System as seen in their nursing policies and procedures online. This reporting is used to efficiently communicate with providers when a patient may be deteriorating. The four sections are described as S=Situation, B=Background, A=Assessment, R=Recommendation. In the S section, a nurse would explain what patient they are calling about and where they are located as well as the patient’s code status, the problem they are calling about, recent vital signs, and what specifically they are concerned about. The B section includes information like the patient’s mental status, what their skin is like, and whether or not they are or have been
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The study described the Situation section as “What is going on with the patient”, the Background section as “What are the clinical facts surrounding the problem”, the Assessment section as “What do I think the problem is”, and the Recommendation section as “What should be done to correct the problem” (article). Before the study was conducted there was a literature review done that showed in another study that after using the SBAR technique, sentinel events were reduced from 89.9 per 1,000 patient days to 39.96 per 1,000 patient days per year in a certain healthcare facility. Other studies had similar results that were consistently positive after implementing the SBAR technique. Overall, the study using senior nursing students found that when students are given information about the SBAR technique through a lecture format as well as able to use the information in a role-play exercise, they are more capable of performing the skill effectively rather than if they are only given information in a lecture. The findings support what we had learned in class as well as what was found in the information from Rochester General Hospital. By having a clear, set way to communicate between professionals (as seen with the SBAR technique) patients have better outcomes and there is much less
The study described the Situation section as “What is going on with the patient”, the Background section as “What are the clinical facts surrounding the problem”, the Assessment section as “What do I think the problem is”, and the Recommendation section as “What should be done to correct the problem” (article). Before the study was conducted there was a literature review done that showed in another study that after using the SBAR technique, sentinel events were reduced from 89.9 per 1,000 patient days to 39.96 per 1,000 patient days per year in a certain healthcare facility. Other studies had similar results that were consistently positive after implementing the SBAR technique. Overall, the study using senior nursing students found that when students are given information about the SBAR technique through a lecture format as well as able to use the information in a role-play exercise, they are more capable of performing the skill effectively rather than if they are only given information in a lecture. The findings support what we had learned in class as well as what was found in the information from Rochester General Hospital. By having a clear, set way to communicate between professionals (as seen with the SBAR technique) patients have better outcomes and there is much less