Nursing handovers: Do we really need them?

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-42

  Sexton, Amanda ^a   Chan, Connie ^b   Elliott, Malcolm ^a   Stuart, John ^c   Jayasuriya, Rohan ^a   Crookes, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b GREENWICH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Hope Healthcare North   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; Documentation; Handover; Nursing care plan; Patient medical record

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; WARD;

COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING RECORDS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 0842263623     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2004.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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