Using the SBAR Tool in Optimizing Patient Care and Staff Well-being Instructions

Using the SBAR Tool in Optimizing Patient Care and Staff Well-being Instructions

Using the SBAR Tool in Optimizing Patient Care and Staff Well-being

Instructions

Executive Summary

SBAR is a communication tool that promotes quality and patient safety.  Staff and physicians use SBAR to share patient information in a clear, complete, concise, and structured format, improving communication efficiency and accuracy.  The value of SBAR is its simplicity. It may be effectively used as an administrative tool as well as a tool among health care providers. In this exercise, you are asked to use the SBAR tool as an Executive Summary to request additional financial resources.

Using the SBAR format – Identify a quality-of-care situation (S) that requires improvement that will require additional funds. Share the background (B). Provide an assessment (A).  In a Recommendation (R), include a request for funding with the projected cost required for resources to deploy the improvement you recommend.  Topics may include equipment, staff, education, services, etc.  Reference needs will vary. If you identify a standard that is not met – reference the standard, if added equipment is needed – reference the cost, if FTE’s – you may use the average cost per FTE in your facility. Internet research is acceptable. (500  – 1000 words).

You may use an intro paragraph and a summary of 2 – 3 sentences – not required. Consider that your audience is a decision-making administrator or a Board of Directors.

Situation

Identify a quality-of-care deficit – a situation that requires improvement that will involve new or added resources requiring additional funds.- 20 Points

Background

Clearly articulate how the situation evolved.
20 Points

Assessment

Include the present situation and rationale for improvement.
20 Points

Recommendation

Include a request for funding, inclusive of cost: benefit.
20 Points

Format/Organization

Executive Summary  –  with SBAR headings: Situation; Background; Assessment; Recommendation
10 Points

APA, Title Page, References –  500 – 1000 words.  (References – Minimum 2).
10 Points

This is just a rough start to what I have so far for you to start with.

Situation- The quality-of-care deficit that I have identified is a need for an administrative assistant for the liver transplant call team.

Background- The kidney call team has been using an administrative assistant to input donor referrals, admit patients, and help with other non-clinical paperwork and it has been a tremendous help to the nurse coordinators.  As the supervisor of the liver call team, I  would like to propose to my manager and director that we hire an administrative assistant to do the same for the liver team.

Assessment- We are currently short-staffed and having an administrative assistant could help to alleviate some of the stress of the non-clinical side of our job as transplant coordinators. It would give us more time to focus on our clinical job and ensure patient safety.

Recommendation- This recommendation for the liver transplant call team will require an additional FTE approval of $ 65,000 annually to the call team budget.

Solution

Executive Summary: Resource Acquisition-SBAR

            Effective communication among members of the healthcare team is essential for quality and safe patient care.  The Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation (SBAR) tool promotes effective communication among members of the healthcare team (Institute for Healthcare Improvement, 2022). This Executive Summary will use the SBAR tool to request additional financial resources to support the implementation of a quality improvement initiative.

Situation- The facility is committed to providing quality healthcare to all groups of patients including those who are receiving liver transplants. The quality-of-care deficit to be addressed is the need to hire an administrative assistant for the liver transplant call team. Adequate staffing is a key determinant of quality care in hospital settings (Winter et al., 2021).

This includes both clinical and non-clinical staff. Workload and employee burnout are some of the proble