Bedside handover; Quality improvement strategy to transform care at the bedside

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 136-142

  Chaboyer, Wendy ^a,b,c   McMurray, Anne ^c,d   Johnson, Joanne ^e   Hardy, Linda ^f   Wallis, Marianne ^b   Chu, Fang Ying ^a,g  

^a Research Centre for Clinical Practice Innovation   (Australia)

^b Centre for Applied Nursing Research School of Nursing and Midwifery University of Western Sydney Sydney South West Local Health District   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e West Moreton South Burnett Health Services District   (Australia)

^f TOOWOOMBA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bedside handover; Clinical handover; Lewin's 3 step model for change; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849154035     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCQ.0000347450.90676.d9     Document Type: Article

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