Communication and documentation
ISBAR
Identify, Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation
SBAR with an explicit identification step at the front — who you are, who the patient is, and confirming you have the right one before anything else is said.
What each letter stands for
- 1 Identify — yourself, your unit, and the patient.
- 2 Situation.
- 3 Background.
- 4 Assessment.
- 5 Recommendation.
How it gets tested
Where a program teaches ISBAR rather than SBAR, the I is the whole point of the item.
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