None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Quality improvement study implementing a Structured Nursing Shift Handover protocol to enhance handover practices and patient safety among nurses in neonatal unit: Phase 0 Development
Sponsors
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Nursing officers available at the time of data collection and willing to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Handovers conducted during emergency situations
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Compliance with the Structured Nursing Shift Handover (SNSH) protocol is measured as the percentage of nursing shift handovers covering at least more than 80 percentage of all domains of the SNSH protocol.Timepoint: At baseline, at approximately Week 3, and during each successive PDSA cycle (approximately 1 week per cycle) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Percentage of neonates who received full parenteral feeding on a given dayTimepoint: At baseline, at approximately Week 3, during each successive PDSA cycle (approximately 1 week per cycle);Percentage of neonates with new onset culture-positive infectionTimepoint: At baseline, at approximately Week 3, during each successive PDSA cycle (approximately 1 week per cycle);Percentage of neonates newly intubated for mechanical ventilationTimepoint: At baseline, at approximately Week 3, during each successive PDSA cycle (approximately 1 week per cycle);Nurse perception, a balancing measure assessing nursing officers perspective on the quality, efficiency, & usefulness of the SNSH protocol using the Handover Evaluation ScaleTimepoint: At the end of Week 3, at the completion of each successive PDSA cycle.;Barriers to protocol adherenceTimepoint: At the end of Week 3, at the completion of each successive PDSA cycle. | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactMs Rupinder Kaur
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
Outcome results
None listed