Surgery Nurses' Awareness on SBAR Communication Model and SBAR Training

Abstract

Objective: The study has been carried out to analyze surgery nurses’ awareness on SBAR communication model and to measure the effectiveness of SBAR training on it. SBAR communication model, which abbreviates “situation, background, assessment and recommendation”, undertakes a significant role to provide patient safety. Methods: It was undertaken between 1 March 2019 – 30 April 2019 with a sample consisting of 138 nurses serving in surgical units of the hospital involved in the study. A session of 45-minute training, which has been delivered to surgery nurses, consisted of example scenarios and practices based on SBAR communication model as well as the user guide and some video shots related to communication settings in compliance with SBAR Model. The data were collected during pre-training, immediately after post-training and one-month after the posttraining sessions via face-to face interviews conducted with surgery nurses. Results: Mean values of nurses’ SBAR communication model awareness have been calculated for all 18 questions in the form. Those mean values have been displayed as 62.76±28.52 during pre-training, 95.05±7.56 during immediate post-training and 90.90±13.89 during a-monthlater session of post-training. Comparisons of pre-training and post-training scores have displayed a statistically significant increase in mean values, both after the training and one month later (p<0.05). Conclusion: The findings observed in the study show that trainings have a positive effect on raising awareness with respect to SBAR communication model to measure the effectiveness of SBAR training on it.