An exploration of the handover process of critically ill patients between nursing staff from the emergency department and the intensive care unit

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 261-269

  McFetridge, Brian ^a   Gillespie, Mark ^a   Goode, Deborah ^a   Melby, Vidar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Critical care; Documentation; Emergency care; Information transfer; Patient handover

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NORTHERN IRELAND; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT TRANSFER; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 38449106830     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2007.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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