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Capstone Project Topic: Standardized Bedside Hand Off
Grand Canyon University
NRS-493-O502: Professional Capstone and Practicum
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Capstone Project Topic: Standardized Bedside Hand Off
When a patient is admitted to the hospital, a hand off occurs between the sending nurse in
the emergency department (ED) and the receiving inpatient nurse. The hand off can be defined as
a time of exchange of information about a patient as well as transfer of control or responsibility
of the patient (Lee et al., 2017). The current process for hand off at HCA Houston Healthcare
Mainland offers opportunities for improvement. This paper will propose a new, standardized
hand off that will benefit staff and patients.
Problem
Hand off of patients between the ED and inpatient units is a time to transfer information
and care between caregivers. When this communication is not clear, the patient’s safety and
quality of care can suffer. Research has shown that inadequate information or complex processes
contribute to gaps, duplications, delays in patient care, and increased risk for errors as well as
harm (O’Conner, Rawson, &Redley, 2020). Currently, the hand off process consists of an
electronic hand off between units that has very little information and includes very little time for
asking questions.
Setting and Description
The hand off report currently occurs electronically on the receiving unit. The receiving
unit receives an electronic hand off to their printer and are given about 10-15 minutes to review
the information and call to ask question if they need clarification. The hand off process between
the ED and inpatient units is represents the final bottleneck in patient progression through their
stay and thus is an important area of focus (White et al., 2019). The current electronic format has
very little information beyond the name of the patient, the admitting diagnosis, and the admitting
doctor. The information provided does a poor job of passing on the complex information needed
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