title: Incorporating interprofessional communication skills (ISBARR) into an undergraduate nursing curriculum.
abstract: The AACN, in their 2008 Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice, recommends that colleges of nursing faculty incorporate competencies into their baccalaureate curriculum that focus on the development of professional communication skills. The authors provide a plan to incorporate a standardized communication tool (ISBARR) throughout all levels of an undergraduate curriculum.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, The University of Akron, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Enlow
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shanks
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guhde
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perkins
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D003625:Data Collection; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D013338:Students, Nursing