The operating room nurse uses verbal and written communication to transfer patient care to the postanesthesia...

The operating room nurse uses verbal and written communication to transfer patient care to the postanesthesia care unit nurse. Which type of communication is the nurse demonstrating?

End-of-shift report

Healthcare huddle

Handoff communication

Therapeutic communication

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ANSWER :

Option C - Handoff communication

Explanation :

Hand off communication :

It is the communication process which occurs between 2 nurses of respective units when transferring the patient from one unit to other unit.
It includes transfer of essential and crucial inforamtion of the patient from one nurse to another that results in continuity of patient care.
In the above scenario , the patient is transferred from one unit(OR) to other(post anaesthesia care unit) where communication is done between the nurses of the 2 respective units.

Other options :

End of shift report :

It includes transferring of patients essential information at the end of the shift from an off-going nurse to the on-coming nurse.

Health care huddle :

These are short (last not more than 10 minutes) ,daily meetings between the primary health care provider and the supporting staff or Medical Assistants to review about the patients.

Therapeutic communication :

It is the face to face interaction between the nurse and the patient which provide information and emotional support to the patient.

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