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Question:

Students were asked to answer the following question Why has SBAR become effective in communicating between health care professionals? Tutor you will read each students response and provide professional and educational feedback to each student in the amount of 175 words per student please include 2 references and citations with value and educational resource.

Sonya
The SBAR has become effective because there is a way to properly document a patient's health record without anything being added or omitted. The employees are to record specific medical information pertaining to the patient. According to Blom, et al, (2015), "The Situation, Background, Assessment and Recommendation (SBAR) model has been suggested as a means to facilitate effective communication between health care professionals (Beckett & Kipnis, 2009)" International Journal of Caring Sciences. With clear written communication between health care professionals' errors can be avoided as to patient care. Health care today has taken a turn to protect patients health information without risk of exposure of patient history. The SBAR reports current problems, provides brief medical history and overall summary of the situation, Assesses what do you think is the problem, and recommends what should be done based on the situation, background and assessment, International Journal of Caring Sciences. All this documentation happens between shifts so that the next person can see what is going on with the patient and continues to follow with documenting as well.

Ivory
SBAR has become an effective way of communicating between health care professionals because it assists in eliminating misunderstandings. SBAR improves the effectiveness of communication between individuals due to; it''s easy to use, standardization, and specific components entailed to assure the messages that are sent are concise and complete. According to The Joint Commission (2017), inefficient communication among health care professionals is a common problem in the healthcare industry. The lack of understanding, misinformation, decreased employee morale, teamwork, inaccuracy, and lack of complete information from the sender to receiver can result in reduced efficiencies, poor patient care, and safety risks. Applying and using SBAR correctly has the possibility to bridge the gap between the hierarchy of health care professionals and cultural differences by allowing every individual to have a voice, be valued, and contribute to the organization. SBAR also has the potential to increase employee engagement, patient satisfaction, in turn, increasing patient retention, and membership. Both the receiver and the provider of the information benefit from SBAR and is a win-win for everybody involved in the organization, including patients.

Monica
The Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation (SBAR) model has become an effective way for health care professionals to communicate. When it comes to a patient's healthcare it is important for clear and effective communication to be used so that everyone involved will know the information regarding that patient and that their safety is protected. According to Blom, Petersson, and Hagell (2015), SBAR is a well-tested model, which has been used for a long time for transmission of important information in complex work environments, for example in the nuclear industry, aviation and NASA''s space program. SBAR provides a framework for communication between members of the health care team about a patient''s condition, and has been found to facilitate both the collection, organization, and exchange of information as well as be an effective strategy to develop teamwork (Blom, Petersson, & Hagell, 2015, para.3). Using this model has proved to be advantageous because it delivers a chance to remain focused on the information that is being transferred, while keeping the information short and straight to the point, making it easy to understand. The safety of the patient is what is important, and this model has served as a guideline as to what and when information should be communicated between different health professionals.

Assignment part 2

Tutor Reflecting on a message from Sonya, "the SBAR has become effective because there is a way to properly document a patient's health record without anything being added or omitted"

The devil advocate says,
we have studied what effective is; it addresses getting results.
we have studied what effective communication is; understood messages between sender/receiver.

How would you change Sonyas claim above, knowing the above?

Please share the amount of 175 word count with 2 reference and citations.

Subsequently, relating to the other "E" word, efficiency, is SBAR a efficient communication tool? As always, explain your thoughts. 175 word count