Title : Implementing evidence-based teaching for inter professional communication and SBAR into nursing curriculum
Abstract:
New graduate nurses entering the workforce are faced with the challenge of working with multiple healthcare disciplines and communicating effectively. Communication between disciplines is key to patient safety and creating an effective plan of care. One study estimated that interprofessional communication contributed to 60-70% of poor patient outcomes (Davis et al.,2021). The problem was identified that undergraduate curriculum lacks development of important communication skills nor has an accurate way of measuring communication performance. A variety of tools have been developed to improve interprofessional communication. One tool that is used widely is Situation, Background, and Assessment (SBAR). This evidence-based practice project aimed to improve undergraduate nursing students’ confidence and abilities with interprofessional collaboration and communication by incorporating SBAR systematically into an existing undergraduate curriculum. A cohort of 48 fundamentals level nursing students were observed during high-fidelity simulation and measured on their use of SBAR. Scores were taken using a reliable and valid Interprofessional Critical Incident Report Evaluation Tool (Guhde, 2014). Curriculum redesign incorporated SBAR, interprofessional communication, and members of the interprofessional team into lecture, active learning, clinical, and simulation. Following varying instructional methods on best practice for interprofessional communication, students on were reevaluated in high-fidelity simulation. Comparison of pre-intervention versus post-intervention scores on the Inter-professional Critical Incident Report Evaluation Tool were be analyzed using inferential statistics. Qualitative data collection included student feedback on Simulation evaluations and feedback from nursing faculty regarding student performance and the implementation of SBAR within nursing courses. Future qualitative data will include feedback from new graduate preceptors and nurse managers regarding nurse performance and interprofessional communication skills.
Audience Take Away:
- The audience will identify the meaningful impact that nurses’ communication has on patient outcomes, specifically the appropriate use of SBAR
- The audience will be able to identify various teaching strategies to engage nursing students in the development of interprofessional communication
- The audience will learn about a valid and reliable tool to measure the quality of reporting critical patient information between members of the interprofessional team
- The audience will have information and tools to guide future nursing curriculum development
