Study equipment checklist |
List of five items needed for data collection (eg, forms, stopwatch) |
Unit information |
Eight information items to be gathered to characterize unit (eg, number of beds, number of nurses employed) |
Nurse manager description of baseline documentation and communication practices |
Two open-ended questions for assessing the unit's baseline documentation and communication policies, processes, and forms |
Nurse profile |
Seven interview items to assess nurse characteristics (eg, sex, race, education) |
Shift report |
Seven items gathered to characterize the hand-offs observed at start and end of shift (eg, start and stop time, narrative, number of nurses present) |
Shift observations |
Sheet to record and organize six items about each documentation and communication encounter (eg, start and stop time, narrative, copy of actual written documentation) |
Post-shift interview |
Seven interview questions for clarifying observations |
Health information portability and accountability act identifiers |
Eighteen identifiers to be removed from all copies of documentation before leaving observation site |