1. ENGY FAHMY HAMED MASHAIL - Assistant Lecturer of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Kafr El Sheikh University, Egypt.
2. SAMAH FAISAL FAKHRY - Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University, Egypt.
3. HEMAT ABD -ELAZEEM MOSTAFA - Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University, Egypt.
Background: Effective nursing handoff communication is critical to delivering safe, high-quality patient care. Aim: This study aimed to assess the effect of nursing handoff educational bundle on nurse interns' knowledge sharing. Research design: A quasi experimental one group pre- posttest design used to conduct this study. Settings: The study was conducted at Kafr El-Sheikh University Hospital .Subjects: Included (95) nurse interns enrolled in internship training year. Tools: the data for this study were collected through three tools, namely handoff knowledge questionnaire" handoff communication competence observational checklist and knowledge sharing questionnaire. Results: Nurse Interns age ranged between 22 to 24years .73.7% of them were female, the majority of them (73.7%) had secondary school, slightly less than two thirds (64.2%) of them had no previous work experiences. About one third (30.5%) of nurse Interns' had satisfactory knowledge regarding nursing handoff before the intervention,This increased to (91.6%) post intervention and slightly declined to (87.4%) in follow up phase. Regarding nurse interns' handoff communication competence about (8.4%) had high competence in pre-intervention phase which increased to (92.6%) in post intervention and slightly declined to (68.4%) in follow up phase. Considering nurse interns' knowledge sharing about(83.2%) had satisfactory knowledge which increased to(95.8%)|post intervention and slightly declined to(94.7%)in follow up phase .Conclusion: The implementation of nursing handoff educational bundle was effective in improving nurse intern's handoff knowledge and communication competence as well as knowledge sharing. Recommendation: Regular workshops and seminars for nurse interns should be held periodically and incorporating nursing handoff and knowledge sharing in undergraduate curriculum to increase competence as well as knowledge sharing.
Handoff bundle, Knowledge sharing, Nursing handoff,Nurse interns.