Bedside nursing handover: A case study

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-34

  Chaboyer, Wendy ^a   McMurray, Anne ^a,b   Wallis, Marianne ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bedside handover; Clinical handover; Clinical nursing research; Nursing handover; SBAR; Transforming care at the bedside

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS, PROBLEM-ORIENTED; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING RECORDS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENTS' ROOMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING ROUNDS;

EID: 77952310772     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2009.01809.x     Document Type: Article

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