Role of Nursing in Maintaining Care Continuity During Frequent Staff Rotation
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https://doi.org/10.22399/ijcesen.4737Keywords:
Care Continuity, Nursing Staff Rotation, Informational Continuity, Relational Continuity, Management Continuity, Standardized CommunicationAbstract
Nursing plays a pivotal and active role in preserving care continuity amidst the pervasive challenge of frequent staff rotation, constructing a multi-faceted defense against the inherent risks of fragmentation. This is achieved not through passive adaptation but via the deliberate implementation of standardized communication protocols like SBAR, which safeguard informational continuity by ensuring critical patient data is accurately transferred during handovers. Strategically leveraged health information technology provides a persistent, real-time knowledge base accessible to all caregivers, bridging gaps between shifts. Crucially, nursing fosters team cohesion and a culture of shared accountability, ensuring relational and management continuity persist even as personnel change, supported by leadership that designs intelligent staffing models and continuity-conscious environments. These coordinated efforts directly translate into enhanced patient safety, improved clinical outcomes, and higher satisfaction, while simultaneously promoting nurse resilience, job satisfaction, and retention, ultimately demonstrating that continuity is a dynamic achievement of professional practice rather than a passive condition of static teams.
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