SBAR is commonly used to communicate with which healthcare professional?

• A. Nurse
• B. Physician
• C. Pharmacist
• D. Billing

Answer: (B)

SBAR provides a concise, structured way to relay essential clinical information to the person who makes medical decisions. The framework—Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation—guides you to describe the current problem, relevant history, your clinical impression, and what you think should happen next. This format is especially helpful when you need a decision or orders from a physician, because it presents the information in a clear, prioritized way that reduces miscommunication and speeds up the process in both urgent and routine situations. While other team members can receive SBAR in certain contexts, the standard use is to communicate with the physician for decisions or orders. Billing is administrative and not involved in clinical decision-making, so SBAR isn’t used there.