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KMID : 1164520140320020001
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Journal of Military Nursing Research
2014 Volume.32 No. 2 p.1 ~ p.13
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Status and Perception of Nursing Hand over Among Korean Military Hospital Nurses
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Kim Seon-Ho
Kim Eun-Man
Jung Yoo-Mi
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Abstract
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Purpose : This study was conducted to identify the status of nursing handover in the ROK military hospitals and nurses` perception, experience level and causes of nursing handover errors.
Methods : The subjects were 137 nurse officers and civilian nurses who were working in general wards of two military hospitals. In total, 110 data were used in the statistical analysis.
Results : Only 8.2% of the respondents reported that they covered all the patients during their nursing handover process. The average handover time was 19.2±12.0 minutes. 59.8% of the respondents were found to use no written guideline or checklists during their nursing handover in the wards. The nurses perceived that their nursing handover was efficient (5.21±0.68), informative (5.13±0.69), and interactive and supportive (4.86±0.86). On the other hand, they expressed that their patients were rarely involved in the handover process (3.61±0.87). The experience of making a phone call to the preceding nurse for unclear or omitted information demonstrated the highest score (1.76±0.50) in experience related to nursing handover errors. The nurses indicated ``heavy workloads (3.54±0.96)``, ``many interruptions of handover (3.31±1.00)``, ``stress and fatigue (3.24±0.89)``, ``personal disposition (3.15±0.99)`` as the main causes of handover errors.
Conclusion : The results of this study suggest that it is necessary to develop a standardized nursing handover protocol to promote patient safety by preventing errors in nursing handover.
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KEYWORD
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Nursing handover, Handover error, Handover protocol, Patient safety
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