Clinical Handover Standard for Midwifery Students: Improving Safety Attitudes in Maternity Services
Abstract: 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 showed that CI
observation that 93.3% of students were 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.
Keywords: clinical handover
standard; maternity services; midwifery students; safety attitudes
Penulis: Mumtihana Muchlis,
Merlita Indriasih
Kode Jurnal: jpkesmasdd180082
