Publications by authors named "Nicole Minkove"
Background: Resident duty-hour restrictions have led to more sign-out transitions, increasing the potential for preventable harm. An unfavorable environment is expected to exacerbate sign-out risks to patient safety.
Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of noise, interruptions, long sign-outs, and sign-outs exceeding allotted time on sign-out quality.
Background: Although previous studies have investigated the efficacy of specific sign-out protocols (such as the illness severity, patient summary, action list, situation awareness and contingency planning, and synthesis by reviewer [I-PASS] bundle), the implementation of a bundle can be time consuming and costly. We compared 4 sign-out training pedagogies on sign-out quality.
Objective: To evaluate training interventions that best enhance multidimensional sign-out quality measured by information exchange, task accountability, and personal responsibility.