Clinical Handover Standard for Midwifery Students: Improving Safety Attitudes in Maternity Services

Journal Title: Kes Mas: Jurnal Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat - Year 2018, Vol 12, Issue 1

Abstract

Background: Midwifery students sometimes are not involved during the clinical handover in maternal health services, so they potentially get the negative impact on patient safety. This study was to assess the effect of the implementation of clinical handover standard for midwifery students as an effort to improve safety attitudes in maternity services. Method: A quasi-experimental with post test only design was conducted on 30 midwifery students at Amanda Maternity Services. Clinical handover standard with Situation, Background, Assessment and Recommendation (SBAR) Framework was used as a guideline. Results: Observation checklist was completed by Clinical Instructor (CI) while student and CI completed safety attitude questionnaire. A semi-structured interview was also conducted with midwifery student and clinical instructor. The result of this study shows that CI observation that 93.3% of students are competent in the application of clinical handover. Students’ safety attitudes also changed significantly after implementation of clinical handover standards (p=0.0005). Conclusion: Majority of the students and clinical instructor stated that the application of clinical handover help students to reduce the confusion of the patients' problem to prevent errors in maternity care.

Authors and Affiliations

Mumtihana Muchlis, Merlita Indriasih

Keywords

Related Articles

HUBUNGAN TINGKAT PENDIDIKAN IBU DAN TINGKAT PENDAPATAN KELUARGA DENGAN STATUS GIZI ANAK PRASEKOLAH DAN SEKOLAH DASAR DI KECAMATAN GODEAN

Background : Based on rank human development index (HDI), Indonesia is on order 109 of state, 174 far below the other asean countries. Factors dominated HDI developed by united nations development program (UNDP) is educa...

Factors Associated with Cigarettes Use among High School Students in Jakarta

Background: Tobacco epidemic is in alarming state in Indonesia. More than one-third of people reported as active smoker. The trend of cigarettes use has been vastly growth since past decade particularly among adolescent....

ANALISIS KEMAMPUAN DAN KEMAUAN MEMBAYAR PASIEN RAWAT INAP DI RS PKU MUHAMMADIYAH BANTUL

Background: The number of treatment options for making competition among hospitals increasingly stringent anyway though not the business competition. The amount of this option makes every hospital must calculate the unit...

NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM EFFECT ON WEIGHT OF CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS

Background: Nutrition is a major factor in improving the quality of human resources (HR). The quality of a country's human resources can be measure with nutritional status of children under five year, which is the candid...

Analisis Mutu Pelayanan Klinis Kasus Asma Bronkial Anak di Unit Gawat Darurat Rumah Sakit

Background: Bronchial asthma is one of the top 10 common diseases in children in the emergency room navy hospital dr. Azhar Zahir Manokwari West Papua in the past one year. Asthma bronchial requiring therapeutic measures...

Download PDF file
  • EP ID EP275217
  • DOI 10.12928/kesmas.v12i1.2222
  • Views 128
  • Downloads 0

How To Cite

Mumtihana Muchlis, Merlita Indriasih (2018). Clinical Handover Standard for Midwifery Students: Improving Safety Attitudes in Maternity Services. Kes Mas: Jurnal Fakultas Kesehatan Masyarakat, 12(1), 21-28. https://www.europub.co.uk/articles/-A-275217