Author:
Tataei Azadeh,Rahimi Bahlol,Afshar Hadi Lotfnezhad,Alinejad Vahid,Jafarizadeh Hossein,Parizad Naser
Abstract
Abstract
Background
The unprecedented increase in the nurses’ workload is one of the issues affecting the quality and safety of patient care in the Intensive Care Units (ICUs). The electronic nursing handover can share sufficient, relevant, and necessary data about patients with greater efficiency and accuracy and prevent their information from being deleted. Therefore, this study aimed to determine and compare the effect of the Electronic Nursing Handover System (ENHS) on patient safety in General ICU and COVID-19 ICU.
Method
This is a quasi-experimental study conducted during an 8-month period from 22 to 2021 to 26 June 2022 using a test-retest design. A total of 29 nurses working in the General and COVID-19 ICUs participated in this study. Data were collected using a five-part questionnaire consisting of demographic information, handover quality, handover efficiency, error reduction, and handover time. Data analysis was conducted in IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, version 26 (IBM Corp., Armonk, N.Y., USA) using the chi-squared test, paired t-test, and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA).
Results
The results showed that the mean scores of handover quality and efficiency, reduction of clinical error, and handover time in the electronic handover were significantly higher than those obtained in the paper-based method. The results showed that the mean score of patient safety in the COVID-19 ICU was 177.40 ± 30.416 for the paper-based handover and 251.40 ± 29.049 for the electronic handover (p = .0001). Moreover, the mean score of patient safety in the general ICU was 209.21 ± 23.072 for the paper-based handover and 251.93 ± 23.381 for the electronic one (p = .0001).
Conclusion
The use of ENHS significantly improved the quality and efficiency of shift handover, reduced the possibility of clinical error, saved handover time, and finally increased patient safety compared to the paper-based method. The results also showed the positive perspectives of ICU nurses toward the positive effect of ENHS on the patient safety improvement.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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