Benefits of health care communication training for nurses conducting bedside handovers: An Australian hospital case study

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 329-336

  Slade, Diana ^a   Pun, Jack ^b   Murray, Kristen A ^c   Eggins, Suzanne ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSE; SCIENTIST; CLINICAL HANDOVER; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT HANDOFF;

EID: 85049133997     PISSN: 00220124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00220124-20180613-09     Document Type: Article

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