Quality and
Safety
Education in
Nursing
Situation
Background
Assessment
Recommendation
Exercise
Jacqui Ioli and (your name)
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Directions
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Using this PowerPoint as a template,
create a mini case study.
Fill in the following slides that describe
your patient, mention no identifying
details for privacy reasons.
We will submit the resulting slides as a
team to the QSEN website.
(you may delete this slide)
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SBAR
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S=Situation
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B=Background
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The systems assessment
A=Assessment
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One line that sums up patient
The bottom line, the priority nursing dx
R=Recommendation
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What we are doing for the patient
(you may delete this slide)
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S=Situation
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Patient is ___years(months/weeks/days) old
____(male/female)
Presented with (biggest problems)
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With past medical history of (top problems)
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Here for (main therapy)
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Picture
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Go to google images
and get a nice picture
and add it here, then
delete this text and title
above. Change text
and title to something
appropriate to your
patient. Make this a
case study but with NO
IDENTIFYING details
Use a reference
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Background
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Neuro/HEENT/Psych/Pain
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everything neck up, includes family
Cardiorespiratory—vital signs, heart, lungs
GI/GU—eats/drinks/pees/poops
MS/Skin—walks/intact
Heme/Endo--labs
Lines/tests/tubes
(this slide may go over to next one, lable
header as Background part 2, if normal, chart
WNL, if abnormal, chart in detail)
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A=Assessment
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What’s the bottom line? Better, worse,
same?
Priority nursing dx?
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R=Recommendation
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What are we doing for the patient?
How is your report providing continuity?
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The diagnosis
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WHAT is the dx?
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Brief explanation, 2-3 sent of physiology
State how this affected your patient
WHO gets this dx and WHY?
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Brief explanation , 2-3 sent of
epidemiology
State how this affected your patient
Use a reference
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Safety and the diagnosis
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HOW and WHERE do nurses intervene
to promote safety within this diagnosis?
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Inpatient and in community settings
Brief explanation, at least 3 points
Exactly what was unique for your patient?
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Lessons Learned
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State 3 things you learned from this
patient
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References
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