ISBAR

What is an ISBAR?

• Communication tool created by the Clinical Excellence Commission to improve handovers between health professionals

• A form that everyone has to fill out

• NSW health policy

What does the I stand for in ISBAR?

• Information

• Insight

• Introduction

75 year old Betty has presented with chest pain. What area does her chief complaint fit in the ISBAR?

• Background

• Recommendation

• Situation

• Assessment

Betty has a past medical history of AF, CCF, diabetes and high cholesterol. What part of the ISBAR would you document this?

• introduction

• Recommendation

• Situation

• Background

Betty has had a chest xray and pathology taken (blood test) What area does this fit in the ISBAR?

• Recommendation

• Assessment

• Background

• Situation

The blood test has shown that Betty has damage to her heart muscle and requires admission. What part of the ISBAR would you use to document this?

• Introduction

• Asssessment

• Background

• Recommendation

Betty has a bed in coronary care and the nurse needs to hand her over. What is the main tool that the nurse will follow to give clinical handover?

• The SAGO chart (observation chart)

• ISBAR

• Try and read the progress notes and piece it together