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Nursing Handoff Acknowledgment Receipt

Compare explicit handoff message identifiers and acknowledgment flags without certifying clinical transfer completion.

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Description

Check matching handoff identifiers and recorded acknowledgment.

Nursing records connect observations, chart-entry times, handoff identifiers, device assignments and task status. A timestamp delay differs from verified retrospective documentation, and a matching identifier differs from an authenticated specimen or handoff. Time windows and due times must retain their stated boundary rules.

Check matching handoff identifiers and recorded acknowledgment.

When to use this tool

Use Nursing Handoff Acknowledgment Receipt when you already have sentId, receivedId, acknowledgmentRecorded and need to check matching handoff identifiers and recorded acknowledgment.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter sentId, receivedId, acknowledgmentRecorded. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read sameIdentifier, acknowledgedMatch. Inspect sameIdentifier, acknowledgedMatch before interpreting the associated values.

Require sentId/receivedId nonempty; return their equality and acknowledgmentRecorded && equality separately.1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
sentIdSent IdRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
receivedIdReceived IdRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
acknowledgmentRecordedAcknowledgment RecordedRequired. Boolean.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
sameIdentifierSame IdentifierRequired. Boolean.
acknowledgedMatchAcknowledged MatchRequired. Boolean.
json
{
  "input": {
    "sentId": "H17",
    "receivedId": "H17",
    "acknowledgmentRecorded": true
  },
  "output": {
    "sameIdentifier": true,
    "acknowledgedMatch": true
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • Acknowledgment is an assertion, not proof of delivery, understanding, valid handoff or care completion.
  • Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Reconcile original chart, specimen and handoff records when identity or completion matters. Use the documented workflow and actual care context for task timing; a literal match or supplied time margin is only one local record check.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: nursing/nursing-handoff-ack-receipt — tool.io

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