C464 FBT Task 1 Presentation Plan:

A. Audience: My ideal audience for this speech are physicians, nurse practitioners,
physician assistants, nurses, certified nursing assistants, between units and outside facilities.
SBARR is an effective type of communication in the healthcare field used to deliver safe patient
care. The standard communication provides information for an increase in safer patient care.
This topic is significant to provide all-in-one change of patient care and minimizes
communication errors in physician/nurse interaction.

Presentation Plan
1. Outline:
I. Introduction
A. Attention getter: In a 2000 published report To Err is Human, the Institute of
Medicine (IOM) discovered the chronic epidemic of errors that occurred in healthcare systems in
the America, mainly due to communication errors causing substantial patient safety concerns
(IOM, 2000).
B. Thesis statement: Research suggests that the use of the SBAR communication
tool can significantly decrease adverse medical events because it allows all levels of medical care
to communicate critical information in an effective, timely and brief manner (Curry-Narayan,
2013) and to reduce communication errors taking place with health care providers and at shift
handoff.
C. Preview of main points:
1. SBAR allow all levels of medical care to communicate Important information in
in an effective, timely and brief manner.
2. SBAR communication model can lessen communication errors taking place at
shift handoff.
II. Main Point 1
a. Barriers to effective handoff communication in the healthcare field include variances in
healthcare professions, lack of standard practice, and an increase in multifaceted medical
environments (TJC, 2005; TJC, 2012)
b. SBAR was originally created by the Navy to serve as a method for conveying critical
information in volitile situations involving nuclear submarines, with the added I for identity of
patient in healthcare settings (Curry-Narayan, 2013).
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III. Main Point 2
 a. Evidence of the SBAR communication tool improved the situational awareness of
physicians by allowing them to understand the patient though the eyes of the bedside nurse
communication and patient safety (Haig et al., 2006, p. 175)
b. The SBAR communication tool resulted in a more holistic process of communication
by individualizing patient report increasing patient safety (Haig et al., 2006
IV. Conclusion
A. Restatement of the Thesis: Research suggests that the use of the SBAR communication
tool can significantly decrease adverse medical events because it allows all levels of medical care
to communicate crucial information in an effective, timely and brief manner (Curry-Narayan,
2013) and to reduce communication errors taking place with health care providers and at shift
handoff.
B. Summary of main points:
1. SBAR allow all levels of medical care to communication critical information in an
effective, timely and brief manner.
2. SBAR communication model can reduce communication errors taking place at shift
handoff.
C. Closing comments:
The consistent use of the SBAR communication tool assists in proper patient
identification, current patient situation, current patient state and recommendations from
the physician or midlevel to provide best practice patient centered care. To enhance
patient care, repeat back all recommended patient orders received from physician to
verify correctness.
In patient hand-off report SBAR allows both the incoming and off going nurse
standardized patient information to improve patient safety.

References
Curry-Narayan, Mary (2013). Using SBAR communication in efforts to prevent patient
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NHH.0b013e3182a87711.
De Meester, K., Verspuy, M., Monsieurs, K. G., & Van Bogaert, P. (2013). SBAR improves
Nurse-physician communication and reduces unexpected death: A pre and post
intervention study. Resuscitation, 84, 1192-1196. doi://10.1016/j.resusitation.2013.03.016.
Institute for Healthcare Improvement. (2016). SBAR: Situation-background-assessment-
recommendation. Retrieved from
http://www.ihi.org/topics/sbarcommunicationtechnique/pages/default.aspx
Institute for Healthcare Improvement. (2016). SBAR: Situation-background-assessment-
recommendation. Retrieved from
http://www.ihi.org/topics/sbarcommunicationtechnique/pages/default.aspx
Institute of Medicine. (2000). To err is human: Building a safer health system. Kohn,
L.T., Corrigan, J.M., & Donaldson, M.S. (eds). Washington, D.C: National
academy Press.
Haig, K., Sutton, S., & Whittington, J. (2006). SBAR: A shared mental model for improving
Communication between clinicians. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient
Safety, 32, 167-175. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/S1553-7250(06)32022-3
SBAR Communication for Nurses. (2013) Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Retrieved from
https://ww2.mc.vanderbilt.edu/crew_training/17213
The Joint Commission. (2005). The SBAR technique: Improves communication enhances patient
safety. Joint commission Perspectives on Patient Safety, 5 1-8. Retrieved from
https://proxy.lib.utc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=
true&db=ccm&AN=106636734&site=ehost-live

The Joint Commission. (2012). Transitions of care: The need for more effective approach to
patient care. Retrieved from
http://www.jointcommission.org/assets/1/18/hot_topics_transitions_of_care.pdf
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center Vol. 1-02 (2013)
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