Achieving the 'perfect handoff' in patient transfers: Building teamwork and trust

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 592-598

  Clarke, Diana ^a   Werestiuk, Kim ^a   Schoffner, Andrea ^a   Gerard, Judy ^a   Swan, Katie ^a   Jackson, Bobbi ^b   Steeves, Betty ^b   Probizanski, Shelley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute care; Appreciative inquiry; Handoffs; Patient transfers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHECKLIST; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; TRUST;

CHECKLIST; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MANITOBA; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TRUST;

EID: 84864323683     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2012.01400.x     Document Type: Article

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