Date of Award
Summer 8-21-2016
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Department
Nursing
First Advisor
Young-Me Lee, PhD, RN
Second Advisor
Elizabeth Florez, PhD, RN
Third Advisor
Julia Feczko, DNP, CRNA
Abstract
Standardized handoff is critical to providing safe and effective patient care. Limited studies assess the need for developing a handoff tool for anesthesia providers.
The purpose of this descriptive study was to assess the need for a standardized anesthesia handoff tool and to identify the most essential components to develop an anesthesia handoff tool.
Descriptive survey design was utilized. Anesthesia providers were asked to complete an online survey.
Fifty-three of 82 (64%) respondents did not currently use a systematic process during anesthesia handoff. Most (73%) felt they were given inadequate information and forty (48.8%) sometimes discovered information that was not shared by the prior anesthesia provider. The most frequently provided components by respondents were airway type, airway difficulty, analgesia, anesthetic type, invasive lines, patient medical history, procedure, and vital signs. The most frequently received were airway difficulty, invasive lines, medical history, and procedure.
Most participants perceived that anesthesia providers currently provide inadequate handoff. Anesthesia providers indicated the most essential components for effective anesthesia handoff were: airway difficulty, invasive lines, medical history, procedure/case-specific concerns, allergies, medications and plan/goals. The study findings guided the development of the concise and efficient TIME (transaction, induction, maintenance, emergence) anesthesia handoff tool.
Keywords: anesthesia, handoff, handover, communication, checklist
Recommended Citation
Gibney, Courtney K., "A Needs Assessment for the Development of the TIME Anesthesia Handoff Tool" (2016). College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations. 153.
https://via.library.depaul.edu/csh_etd/153
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