Safety Critical Communication
Hospital administration has asked you to develop a memo explaining how to use the SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendations) as a tool for safety critical communication during shift change among healthcare professionals. In the memo that you will be preparing, remember to address the following:
The importance of critical safety communication
At least two principles of safety-critical communications
A description of the SBAR tool
A hypothetical example of how to use each element of the SBAR tool, meaning examples of each of the following:Situation
Background
Assessment
Recommendations
To see an example of the structure of a memo, view the following memo, “Fall Clothes Line Promotion,” developed by Purdue OWL.
Your memo should meet the following structural requirements:
A minimum of two pages that includes all the elements detailed above.
Follow APA 7th edition and Saudi Electronic University writing standards.
Be sure to cite any statistics or other information as appropriate.
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