Communication Behaviors Associated with the Competent Handoff

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If you are a nurse who has participated in shift change reports (patient handoffs), I need your help! Please take a few minutes to answer some questions about the best or the worst handoff that you can remember.

What you and other nurses say are important characteristics of a shift report is the focus of my doctoral dissertation research in communication. Please help by linking to this site for more information:

http://comm.uky.edu/streeter/survey

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Specializes in pediatric, cardiology.

Anne-

I took your survey, good luck with your dissertation! I'm sure you are terribly busy and may not remember, but I would love to get a copy of what you find out and come up with! I work on a busy pediatric cardiology floor and we are looking at changing the way we do handoff. Your information could be very helpful. Thank you!

Jaime

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Specializes in ICU, telemetry, LTAC.

I think the questions are well done. Good luck with your research!

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Thank you so much! I will keep these replies and let you know my results. Allnurses.com asks that I post the results. I hope to be done by end of May. I do appreciate the encouragement!! Feel free to share this survey with any of your colleagues. I need at least 400 nurses to complete...the more the better!

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Specializes in General adult inpatient psychiatry.

Can we pass this on to other nurses who may not be on allnurses.com?

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Absolutely! Just send them the link through allnurses.com. I do appreciate your help!!

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help! i still need nurses to complete my dissertation handoff on the competent patient handoff!

if you are a nurse who has participated in shift change reports (patient handoffs), please take a few minutes to answer some questions about the best or the worst handoff that you can remember.

what you and other nurses say are important characteristics of a shift report is the focus of my doctoral dissertation research in communication. please help by linking to this site for more information:

http://comm.uky.edu/streeter/survey

thank you!

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Specializes in Rehab, Med Surg, Home Care.

I guess it was random whether you were asked about a good hand-off or a bad one. I was asked about a handoff as the off-going nurse when I thought I did a good job (handing off). For me, the best learning experiences were when crucial information was not given to me (oncoming nurse) by the off-going nurse. Like the patient is on a diltiazem drip, or needs to start an insulin drip on arrival to our floor. Or is on contact precautions, or is confused and combative, etc. These are the things I then resolve NEVER to forget to tell my successor about!

One thing that helps me keep my thoughts in order when I report off is that I leave a section of my "brain" sheet for reporting off, and jot any relevent events or meds given down as they occur throughout the shift.

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Thank you for taking time to respond to the survey. And yes, it was a random assignment. Your comments are helpful. If you know of any other nurse who might be interested in taking the survey, please share this with them. I hope I can provide a new perspective on the handoff. :):):yeah:

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if you have an opinion about patient handoffs/shift reports, please take a few minutes to help with my dissertation survey. thanks to all of the nurses who have helped out thus far!:yeah:

communication behaviors associated with the competent handoff

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if you are a nurse who has participated in shift change reports (patient handoffs), i need your help! please take a few minutes to answer some questions about the best or the worst handoff that you can remember.

what you and other nurses say are important characteristics of a shift report is the focus of my doctoral dissertation research in communication. please help by linking to this site for more information:

http://comm.uky.edu/streeter/survey

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please help me! i need more nurses who want to help define what makes a great patient handoff. :)

if you are a nurse who has participated in shift change reports (patient handoffs), please take a few minutes to answer some questions about the best or the worst handoff that you can remember.

what you and other nurses say are important characteristics of a shift report is the focus of my doctoral dissertation research in communication. please help by linking to this site for more information:

http://comm.uky.edu/streeter/survey

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handoffs interest you? if so, i need your help.

if you are a nurse who has participated in shift change reports (patient handoffs), please take a few minutes to answer some questions about the best or the worst handoff that you can remember.

what you and other nurses say are important characteristics of a shift report is the focus of my doctoral dissertation research in communication. please help by linking to this site for more information:

http://comm.uky.edu/streeter/survey

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