Implementing bedside handover: Strategies for change management

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 17-18, 2010, Pages 2580-2589

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

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interpersonal communication; Nursing handover; Patient information; Patient participation; Patient centred care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

AUSTRALIA; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSERVATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PATIENTS' ROOMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77955955436     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.03033.x     Document Type: Article

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