Validation of a handoff assessment tool: The Handoff CEX

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 9-10, 2013, Pages 1477-1486

  Horwitz, Leora I ^a   Dombroski, Janet ^b   Murphy, Terrence E ^a   Farnan, Jeanne M ^c   Johnson, Julie K ^d   Arora, Vineet M ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; Evaluation; Handover; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing education; Transfer of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL HANDOVER; HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT HANDOFF;

EID: 84876161596     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04131.x     Document Type: Article

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