Ward round goals and key elements
| Goals | Key elements |
| Promote patient participation and engagement in their care delivery. | A standard routine, structure and process: this promotes shared understanding and expectations by the patient and the multidisciplinary team. |
| Support timely, patient-centred interprofessional communication and teamwork, problem solving and decision-making. | Facilitated patient (and carer/companion) participation and input into decision-making and care planning: a key nursing role is to preidentify any patient or companion concerns/problems/questions and support them to raise these during the round. Cross-checking the diagnosis, treatment and progress at regular intervals with the patient and the care team: this promotes a shared understanding of care. |
| Detect and mitigate patient safety risks early. | Use of a quality and safety checklist to prevent predictable hospital complications. Interdisciplinary input into shared problem solving |
| Use time and resources efficiently. | Verbalising a synthesised plan and clear responsibility for action Real-time recording and documentation of the care plan |