Comparing written and oral approaches to clinical reporting in nursing

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 129-138

  Jefferies, Diana ^a   Johnson, Maree ^a   Nicholls, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical handover; Documentation; Nursing; Oral communication; Textual analysis; Written communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL HANDOVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SPEECH; WRITING;

AUSTRALIA; DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NURSING RECORDS; PATIENT HANDOFF; SPEECH; WRITING;

EID: 84871233970     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.2012.42.1.129     Document Type: Article

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