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Nursing handover (ISBAR)

Turn scattered nursing notes into an ISBAR handover so nothing is missed. Remove patient identifiers first.

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Good for

  • Summing up the night's notes before handing over to the day shift
  • Handing over clearly when a patient moves bed or unit
  • New nurses practising handovers in the ISBAR format

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Nursing notes (de-identified)
Bed 12, 65-year-old man, day 2 after knee replacement. Overnight BP 150/95, down to 135/85 one hour after the prescribed antihypertensive. Dressing dry. Pain 4/10, prescribed analgesic given. Got out of bed once overnight with one-person assistance. Urine output normal.
Unit
Orthopaedic ward

What the AI's answer looks like

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I Identify: bed 12, 65-year-old man, orthopaedic ward
S Situation: day 2 after knee replacement; BP high overnight, settled after medication
B Background: overnight BP 150/95, prescribed antihypertensive given, 135/85 one hour later; pain 4/10, analgesic given
A Assessment: dressing dry; needs one-person assistance to get up; urine output normal
R Recommendations and to-dos
- Keep monitoring BP (high overnight)
- Check analgesic effect and pain score
- Supervise when mobilising; fall risk

First three things for the next shift
1. Morning BP
2. Pain assessment
3. Help with mobilising

Tips

  • Use only the bed number; no names, record numbers or anything identifying
  • The AI only reorganizes your notes and cannot replace clinical judgment; check before handing over
  • If your hospital has its own handover format, paste it in and ask the AI to follow it

How to use it

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  2. Choose the tone, length and where you will paste it, then press Copy.
  3. Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek or a local model. If the AI asks you questions, answer them and the result gets better.

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