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In pediatrics, the patient’s cannot advocate for themselves or provide the information needed about their medical conditions, so nurses must advocate for them and ensure to relay all pertinent information (Weingart et al., 2015). Experience and knowledge in regards to safety during handoffs will increase the adequacy and completeness of the information communicated from nurse to nurse. In this paper I discuss the development of the research question I have proposed for my Capstone Proposal Project (CPP), extraneous and confounding variables pertaining to the project, and my proposed strategy problem solution.
Development of the Research Question
For my CPP I have projected to discover the answer to this particular research question that I have developed: Does having experience with nursing hand-off decrease adverse events that occur due to unsafe handoff practices in pediatrics? Once I began working in the pediatric float pool as a nurse, I had first-hand experiences with unsafe handoffs. There were many interruptions, distractions, and miscommunications that I did see lead to adverse events. The 30-Second Head-to-Toe Handoff Tool that Popovich (2011) developed caught my attention in a previous research class and I knew that it would be beneficial in my place of employment. “It offers both …show more content…

The participants will include nursing students, new graduate nurses, and nurses that are new to pediatrics and are on orientation. The participants will use the handoff tool to identify mistakes, misinformation, and information that was not communicated during handoff. Each handoff tool that is completed will then be turned into my mailbox. At the end of the nursing student’s rotation and at the end of a new nurse’s orientation, a short survey will then be provided to each participant that will provide feedback about the handoff

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