Nursing Clinical Handover: Trial Class

The first nurse training class has been successfully held on 16th December 2021. In this workshop, Dr. Jack Pun and Dr. Angela Chan introduced the handover protocols and communication skills to 14 frontline nurses from United Christian Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital and they participated in role-play session as well to utilize the skills learnt in different scenarios.

ISBAR and CARE protocols were explained in the workshop and thus participants could complete handover by following the structures and increase the interaction and clarification among nurses. It was also emphasized that application of protocols in handover could help prevent adverse effects on patients caused by misunderstanding. Different examples were shown for participants to analyze and make suggestions to improve by referring to ISBAR and evaluate the effectiveness of handover. Moreover, the role play session in the second half of the workshop provided an opportunity for participants to consolidate and apply the protocols into three different scenarios. Feedback was also provided by the facilitators after role play for improvements in the future.

If interested in this training workshop to learn more about effective nursing clinical handover communication, please do not hesitate to sign up under “Registration” in this website.