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Daily Nursing Huddle Checklist Template

This huddle checklist documents the date, start time, leader, and attendees of a daily hospital ward huddle. The huddle agenda includes reviewing staff availability and census, looking back at any prior events or breaches, looking ahead at potential safety threats or workflow issues, sharing positive observations, reminders, and ending on a positive note by thanking attendees. The huddle end time is also documented.

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Daily Nursing Huddle Checklist Template

This huddle checklist documents the date, start time, leader, and attendees of a daily hospital ward huddle. The huddle agenda includes reviewing staff availability and census, looking back at any prior events or breaches, looking ahead at potential safety threats or workflow issues, sharing positive observations, reminders, and ending on a positive note by thanking attendees. The huddle end time is also documented.

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Huddle Checklist

Date: Start time:


Huddle leader:
Team members in attendance:

Ward 2B Ward 8A

Ward 6A Ward 8B

Ward 6B Operation Theatre (OT)

Ward 7A Quality Improvement (QI)

Ward 7B

Huddle agenda Remark


Leader’s availability
 Any Head Nurse/ Nurse Clinician/ Managers on leave?
 Who is the next person in-charge?

Sharing of Census - Any staffing concern that might affect staff/ patient safety?

Ward 2B Ward 7A
Ward 6A Ward 7B
Ward 6B Ward 8A
OT Ward 8B

Look Back –Think Building, Equipment, Staffing, Workflow/Checklist


 Any events of harm/ injury/ near-miss took place yesterday?
 Any breach of Policy and Procedure (PnP) that could have or have cause
patient or staff harm/ injury?

Look Ahead - Think Building, Equipment, Staffing, Workflow/Checklist


 Any foreseeable threat to patient’s and staff’s safety?
 Any foreseeable factor that could affect optimal workflow of ward or OT?

Share a positive observation on staff’s compliance/ effort to improve safety


culture

Share important reminders about practice changes, policy implementation or


performance indicator

End on a positive, team-oriented note


 Thank everyone for being present at the huddle
Huddle end time:

Source: AMA. Practice transformation series: implementing a daily team huddle. 2015.

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