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Written Handoff Assessment – Multiple
Written Handoff Assessment – Multiple
Christina
2017-03-02T15:43:55+00:00
Written Handoff Assessment (Multiple patients)
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Unit
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Emergency Room
General Surgery
ICU
PACU
Labor and Delivery
Other
Other Unit
Provider Type of Individual Giving Handoff
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Nurse
Attending Physician
Physician Fellow
Resident Physician
Nurse Practitioner
Multiple/Inpatient Night Rounding
Other
Other Provider
Day of Week
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Weekday
Weekend
Time of Day
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PM
Written Handoff Assessment Tool-Multiple Patients
Indicate the frequency that each element of the mnemonic is present
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Rarely
Sometimes
Usually
Always
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.
Indicate the frequency with which the provider who gave the handoff did the following.
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Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Usually
Always
Unable to evaluate
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/than format
Did you provide verbal feedback to the handoff team?
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Yes
No
Rate the overall quality of the following:
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Unable to evaluate
Does NOT yet meet high standard
Meets high standard
Patient Summary
Share one REINFORCING piece of feedback based on your handoff observation. For HIPAA compliance, patient-specific information should NOT be entered in to this form.
Share one CORRECTIVE piece of feedback based on your handoff observation. For HIPAA compliance, patient-specific information should NOT be entered in to this form.
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