Nurses’ shift reports: a systematic literature search and critical review of qualitative field studies

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 19-20, 2017, Pages 2891-2906

  Buus, Niels ^a,b,c   Hoeck, Bente ^d   Hamilton, Bridget Elizabeth ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c University of Southern Denmark   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

continuity of patient care; handoff (patient safety); health information systems; nurses; nursing knowledge; patient safety; professional practice; shift reports; systematic review

Indexed keywords

CHANGE OF SHIFT REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FIELD STUDY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDLINE; NURSE; NURSING KNOWLEDGE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCINFO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING PROCESS; PATIENT CARE;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING RECORDS;

EID: 85017399871     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13655     Document Type: Review

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