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Improving patient handover practices from emergency care practitioners to healthcare professionals
Dissertation (MCur)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/56956 Improving patient handover practices from emergency care practitioners to healthcare professionals Van Eeden, I.E. santelvdvaart@yahoo.com Heyns, Tanya De Lange, Santel UCTD SDG-03: Good health and well-being Dissertation (MCur)--University of Pretoria, 2016. Background Patient handovers in the emergency department (ED) of a hospital are unique. The transfer of accountability and responsibility from one healthcare professional to the next is vital in ensuring safe and continuous patient care. Research problem Patient handovers in emergency departments are an essential part of good communication practices to ensure quality patient care. The environment in an emergency department is unique and the patient handover process is a high-risk situation. It has been proved that an effective patient handover should include verbal and written information. Research questions The research questions were: What are the current patient handover practices from emergency care practitioners to healthcare professionals in a selected ED? What strategies can be implemented to improve patient handover practices from emergency care practitioners to healthcare professionals in a selected ED? Research design A qualitative design was followed. Population, sampling and sample size Convenience sampling was used and 20 patient handovers were observed. Emergency care practitioners and healthcare professionals involved in patient handovers at the selected emergency department took part in the research and their informed consent was obtained beforehand. Data collection Data was collected during unstructured observations of patient handovers and using the Workplace Culture Critical Analysis Tool. Data analysis Data was analysed by means of the creative hermeneutic data analysis method. Main findings Five themes were derived from the data: communication (the overarching theme), disrespect, environment, handover and confidentiality. Based on these themes, strategies for improving patient handovers between emergency care practitioners and healthcare professionals were identified collaboratively. tm2016 em2026 Nursing Science MCur Unrestricted SDG-03: Good health and well-being 2016-09-26T06:59:12Z 2016-09-26T06:59:12Z 2016/09/02 2016 Dissertation De Lange, S 2016, Improving patient handover practices from emergency care practitioners to healthcare professionals, MCur Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/56956> S2016 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/56956 en © 2016 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD SDG-03: Good health and well-being Improving patient handover practices from emergency care practitioners to healthcare professionals |
| title | Improving patient handover practices from emergency care practitioners to healthcare professionals |
| title_full | Improving patient handover practices from emergency care practitioners to healthcare professionals |
| title_fullStr | Improving patient handover practices from emergency care practitioners to healthcare professionals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving patient handover practices from emergency care practitioners to healthcare professionals |
| title_short | Improving patient handover practices from emergency care practitioners to healthcare professionals |
| title_sort | improving patient handover practices from emergency care practitioners to healthcare professionals |
| topic | UCTD SDG-03: Good health and well-being |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/56956 |