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Abstract
Aim
To develop a patient, assessment, situation, safety concerns, background, action, recommendation (PASS-BAR) handoff training program and compare the educational effects of the program between simulation-based (experimental group) and case-based (control group) groups using repeated measures among new nurses.
Background
New nurses are not well prepared to provide clear handoff reports because nursing schools and healthcare institutions rarely offer structured programs or training for handoff communication practices.
Design
This study used a pretest–posttest quasi-experimental design with repeated measures with two non-randomized groups.
Methods
This study targeted new nurses with less than 12 months of experience and was conducted at a university hospital’s clinical nursing education center in Seoul, South Korea, between September 2022 and April 2023. Seventeen participants were allocated to the experimental group and 17 participants to the control group. Both groups were given lectures and exercises for both scenarios. Participants were asked to complete a questionnaire on nursing handoff competency, handover performance competency and perceived self-efficacy of handoff at pre- and posttest and two weeks after training. Satisfaction with learning was measured after the intervention.
Results
We developed a simulation-based learning handoff program that includes a simulated handoff performance and debriefing and a case-based learning handoff program that includes discussion, handoff performance and feedback. This study found no immediate difference in the educational effect of PASS-BAR handoff training between simulation-based learning and case-based learning; however, over time, simulation-based learning was more effective than case-based learning in improving nursing handoff competency and handover performance competency.
Conclusions
Based on the results of this study, a simulation-based handoff training program using PASS-BAR can enhance handoff competencies and help new nurses strengthen their communication skills to understand patients and convey important information.
Tweetable Abstract
Developing a simulation-based handoff training program using PASS-BAR helps nurses strengthen their communication skills with colleagues.
期刊介绍:
Nurse Education in Practice enables lecturers and practitioners to both share and disseminate evidence that demonstrates the actual practice of education as it is experienced in the realities of their respective work environments. It is supportive of new authors and will be at the forefront in publishing individual and collaborative papers that demonstrate the link between education and practice.