Nurses’ perceptions of mandatory bedside clinical handovers: An Australian hospital study

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 161-171

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

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

bedside handover; health communication training; nurses perceptions; nurses professional development; patient safety; patient centred care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL HANDOVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSE; NURSING MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCIENTIST; SKILL; DEVICES; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF REPORT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; NURSES; PATIENT HANDOFF; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF REPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85053061973     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 13652834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12661     Document Type: Article

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